-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Can't 3Com Etherlink NICs operate on IO addresses only? - -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of Dan Hollis Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 10:15 AM To: Roeland M.J. Meyer Cc: Phil Howard; Neil J. McRae; nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Linux router (don't laugh) WAS:Re: test On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote:
You have two problems with this and they're both PC hardware-based. 1) IRQs are limited, if you subvert the printer and COM IRQs and have a single SCSI card for your disk (and the required SVGA display controller), you can use IRQ 3,4,5,7,11,12,14,15. This will max you out at 8 NICs on a linux box. Each NIC must have its own IRQ.
Some NICs can share IRQs across slots. - -Dan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.5.5 for non-commercial use <http://www.nai.com> Comment: All spammers are thieves - support jail terms for spamming iQA/AwUBNjfyvTAufbtGOmgdEQJx/wCg44rVkrHidRxT0VEn8KFspR772BsAnji5 /84HQ24nKhK2X2M4J+kP6tkh =3aeg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----