Aaron Krowne wrote:
> I have an AMD KT133A system.  I have two friends with PIII-based laptops (one
> toshiba, one thinkpad.)  We have all noticed the exact same strange behavior
> despite our various hardware.  We're all running linux 2.4.4 or 2.4.5.  The
> strange thing is that, whenever it has the opportunity to set an IRQ, linux
> puts the device in question on the same IRQ which seems fixed for the system.
> But it gets stranger.  This IRQ is always IRQ 11.  On all 3 systems.  On my
> system, I can specify "assign IRQ for USB".  When I do this, USB gets its own
> IRQ and works (sorta).  When I do not, USB goes on IRQ 11 too!  And, in this
> case, lots of devices on USB refuse their addresses and such, which does not
> happen when USB has its own IRQ.

I'm curious if the attached patch helps anything.

Also, note that I fixed some Via-mobo-related issues in the following
patch:
ftp://ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/patches/2.4.6/via-fixup-2.4.6.1.patch.gz

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