kernel probs with IRQ sharing, Madwifi and non-existing floppy drive

[Robert Locke]

On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 05:52, Peter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> basically I have some interrupt problems with kernel 2.6 on my Thinkpad.
> And I'm looking urgently for assistence after having googled a lot and
> having tried several things to resolve my prob.
> 
> Excuse the long text here, but I wish to give as much information as
> possible to enable someone to give me some helpful hints.

Peter,

Here is the output from my T40 also with Atheros chipset:

> [root at rltp40f2 root]# cat /proc/interrupts
>            CPU0
>   0:    6290630          XT-PIC  timer
>   1:       9757          XT-PIC  i8042
>   2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
>   8:          1          XT-PIC  rtc
>   9:         91          XT-PIC  acpi
>  11:     394124          XT-PIC  ehci_hcd, uhci_hcd, uhci_hcd, uhci_hcd, ath0, yenta, yenta, radeon at PCI:1:0:0, Intel 82801DB-ICH4
>  12:     289023          XT-PIC  i8042
>  14:     201226          XT-PIC  ide0
>  15:      97001          XT-PIC  ide1
> NMI:          0
> ERR:          0
> [root at rltp40f2 root]# uname -r
> 2.6.8-1.521
> [root at rltp40f2 root]# grep ath0 /var/log/messages
> Sep  5 11:02:07 rltp40f2 dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on ath0 to 192.168.1.1 port 67
> Sep  5 22:08:17 rltp40f2 dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on ath0 to 192.168.1.1 port 67
> Sep  6 21:16:19 rltp40f2 kernel: ath0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> Sep  6 21:16:19 rltp40f2 kernel: ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> Sep  6 21:16:19 rltp40f2 kernel: ath0: mac 4.2 phy 3.0 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3
> Sep  6 21:16:19 rltp40f2 kernel: ath0: 802.11 address: 00:05:4e:41:d1:c6
> Sep  6 21:16:19 rltp40f2 kernel: ath0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BE traffic
> Sep  6 21:16:19 rltp40f2 kernel: ath0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
> Sep  6 21:16:19 rltp40f2 kernel: ath0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_VI traffic
> Sep  6 21:16:19 rltp40f2 kernel: ath0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_VO traffic
> Sep  6 21:16:19 rltp40f2 kernel: ath0: Atheros 5211: mem=0xc0210000, irq=11
> Sep  6 21:16:19 rltp40f2 kernel: ath0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> Sep  6 21:16:19 rltp40f2 kernel: ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> Sep  6 21:16:19 rltp40f2 kernel: ath0: mac 4.2 phy 3.0 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3
> Sep  6 21:16:19 rltp40f2 kernel: ath0: 802.11 address: 00:05:4e:41:d1:c6
> Sep  6 21:16:19 rltp40f2 kernel: ath0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BE traffic
> Sep  6 21:16:19 rltp40f2 kernel: ath0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
> Sep  6 21:16:19 rltp40f2 kernel: ath0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_VI traffic
> Sep  6 21:16:19 rltp40f2 kernel: ath0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_VO traffic
> Sep  6 21:16:19 rltp40f2 kernel: ath0: Atheros 5211: mem=0xc0210000, irq=11
> Sep  6 21:17:54 rltp40f2 dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67

I have also disabled my floppy drive in BIOS but did not do anything to
modprobe.conf....

I know this may not help per se.... but the card has worked pretty well
for me....

Let me know if there is anything else you would like to compare.

--Rob