> The net5501 have 4 ethernet ports, 1 Mini-PCI slot and 2 PCI expansion > slots each with 4 interrupt lines. Therefore the 4 interrupt pins on the > Geode LX need to be shared along the possible devices. PCI Interrupt > sharing is part of the PCI specification and should in principle not be > an issue with correct drivers.
After looking 2D13 schematics i can confirm, that all 3 VT6105M NIC-s are connected to different INT# pins on CS5536 (INTB#, INTC#, INTD#). MiniPCI slot routed to INTA# and INTB# (shared with eth0). If you count J4 as one net5501 PCI expansion slot, then this is practically unusable for everyone. Is correct to assume, that when unused, then MiniPCI slot doesn't take interrupt line either? My exact case - net5501, all four interfaces in use + Intel EEPro/100 card on PCI slot and that's all. > can vary depending on exact version and usage patterns.... Yes, i must confess, that this can cover almost everything... -- =<Alvar>= _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
