[mythtv-users] OT? /proc/pci

[Sean Covel]

Stephen Tait wrote:
> At 08:13 12/07/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> 
>> Stephen,
>>
>> Thanks for your response.  That's what I suspected, but I wanted to be 
>> sure before I got drastic.
>>
>> The box that the PVRs are in is a bit overloaded, IRQ-wise.  I had to 
>> add an IDE controller, video, sound, and LAN, just to get started. 
>> Despite disabling the on-board IDE (udma33), I suspect its taking up 
>> IRQs.  I was already thinking about moving MythTv to another, more 
>> modern box.  Guess I'll just have to do it!
>>
>> Sean
> 
> 
> You have to watch those PCI-IDE controllers, if they're anything like 
> the Promise TX2 I've got, they take up a whole IRQ as well. More modern 
> boxes don't necessarily help either... just try disabling all the gumpf 
> in the BIOS (onboard sound, parallel, serial, yadda yadda) before you 
> splurge on new HW.
> 
> Depending on the BIOS you've got, it should give you a less-than-helpful 
> rundown of what  hardwares are using which IRQ's (my crummy old mATX P3 
> board that I'm trying to bludgeon back to life tends to lump everything 
> that isn't USB or NIC as a "multimedia controller"). Hope this is of 
> some use; someone more knowledgeable might have a better idea of what's 
> going on.
> 

I already have another box.  My "play" box, so its not a matter of 
buying HW.

Already disabled LOTS of stuff, serial, parallel, usb...  Linux has a 
tendancy to "see" those devices even if disabled in the BIOS.  Does that 
mean there not really disabled?  Don't know.

I'll have to spend some more time in the BIOS, otherwise, I'm going to 
move them to a different box and see if that helps.

Sean