[mythtv-users] OT? /proc/pci

[Stephen Tait]

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.