How difficult would it be to just make the isa wss attach fail in
	this case?

		David/absolute		-- www.netbsd.org: No hype required --


On Wed, 20 Dec 2000 jchacon@genuity.net wrote:

> I have multiple machines with wss in them that aren't on irq 10, but the PCI
> puts an ethernet card on that irq.
>
> The problem is that any irq conflicts in a machine caused by auto-probed irq's
> conflicting with hard coded ones like the wss isa one result in a panic() since
> the interrupt handler registration routine has no error handling to speak of.
>
> James
>
> >
> >Just commenting out wss seems to be the wrong "solution".  Surely
> >the same problem can occur with other devices that happen to
> >share an IRQ with a PCI device.  Are you going to comment out all
> >ISA devices?
> >
> >What is the exact panic you are getting?  If this is a resource conflict
> >problem I think we should try and solve it, not just dodge it.
> >
> >    -- Lennart
> >
> >
> >jchacon@genuity.net wrote:
> >
> >> In this specific case it was conflicting with any PCI device that happens
> >> to get auto-assigned to irq 10 on a machine.
> >>
> >> GENERIC is what we install for any new build. The last thing you want that
> >> doing on the first reboot is panic'ing because the sound card has issues...
> >> Most hardware you live with the risk, but in the case it's a sound card which
> >> is to me, a secondary concern to making work.
> >>
> >> People treat GENERIC as the kitchen sink for all devices and all options
> >> which is fine. However until it's not the default install kernel though it
> >> really should boot on 99% of the systems out there.
> >>
> >> James
> >>
> >> >| Module Name: syssrc
> >> >| Committed By:        jmc
> >> >| Date:                Sun Dec 17 22:53:52 UTC 2000
> >> >|
> >> >| Modified Files:
> >> >|        syssrc/sys/arch/i386/conf: GENERIC
> >> >|
> >> >| Log Message:
> >> >| Comment out the isa wss driver.
> >> >|
> >> >| GENERIC is the kernel used on new installs and too many things overlap the
> >> >| resources (irq mostly) the default isa version may be using which causes
> >> >| panics on reboot.
> >> >
> >> >This makes me very queasy.
> >> >
> >> >I am unconvinced it is justified -- can you please justify it for me?
> >> >
> >> >Such a change should come along with an explanation in wss(4) about it,
> >> >possibly in a BUGS section, as well as a CHANGES entry indicating
> >> >that this took place.
> >> >
> >> >It would be nice to have an enumeration of what the items are that
> >> >conflict with the wss at isa are what the right solution is for folks.
> >> >
> >> >--jhawk
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