[vortex-bug] 3Com Cardbus 3CXFE575CT IRQ Problems

[Dionysius Wilson Almeida]

On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 02:11, Donald Becker wrote:
> On 24 Oct 2002, Dionysius Wilson Almeida wrote:
> 
> > I'm running Debian Woody with kernel 2.4.19 with cardbus and hotplug
> > support.  I've a 3Com 3CXFE575CT pcmcia card and I'm trying to get it to
> > work on my system. It seems that the card is unable to find a usable
> > IRQ.
> 
> As you likely already know, this is a kernel / BIOS issue, not a 3Com
> driver issue.  This problem will exist with any CardBus card that uses
> interrupts (almost every device).
> 
> > I've disabled Plug-n-Play in the BIOS of my Sony VAIO PCG-FX140
> > Laptop but still the card is not able to get any usable IRQs. I also
> > booted with pci=biosirq but still no progress.
> 
> You can also try "noapic", although that's almost never a issue on a
> laptop.  (It's more likely to be an issue on a desktop with a
> PCI-CardBus adapter.) 
I tried the "noapic" option ..but it still does not work.  

Can anyone suggest the appropriate mailing list to which I can send this
issue to ?

thanks and regards,

-Wilson