[asterisk-biz] Recent REMOTE CRASH BUG

[Matt]

>
> AFAIK (and I'm pretty sure) ;) it's not the PCI that decides whether an
> interrupt will be shared or not but it is the mobo where stuff is



I agree 100% with you.  The MOBO is wired to share the IRQs.... and I'll
agree with a bunch of extra IRQs, I have no idea why the Dell BioS is
requiring the IRQs to be shared...

> This says to me there is an issue with the way the Digium cards are
> > reporting something to the BioS... but I'll leave this for Digium to
> discuss
> > with me.. and if we find a resolution I'll bring it to the list.
>
> Better read again, the Sangoma *must* share the same IRQ as a Digium card,
> it's just that Sangoma is advertised to handle irq sharing better. I never
> tried though, I don't like the extra hassle of the driver installation for
> a Sangoma card.


This is where I will respectfully disagree with you.   The Digium card is a
PCI-x card.  The Sangoma card is a PCI-e card.   I suppose it is possible
that the Dell MOBO has reserved IRQs set aside for PCI-e and PCI-x can't use
them (why? I dunno).... but I can report that the Sangoma in the same 2950
DEFINATELY took an independent IRQ...

Now here's the funny thing.  Both the Digium card and the Sangoma card were
using the same riser slot.  For the one test we had a PCI-x riser, for the
other a PCI-e riser...   With both the BioS was reporting the IRQ, and for
the Sangoma PCI-e card I was able to independent change it.

At any rate.. Kevin is reporting this *should not be* on a Dell 2950, so I
am very interested to see what Digium has to say about this on Monday... and
will definitely report back to the list, as this seems to be an ongoing
issue.. and, for the time being, has put a stop to  us being able to
purchase Digium cards.

Unfortunately digium installation-tech-support told me "contact Dell" and
wasn't able to really help me much otherwise.
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