[plug] Re: Realtek NIC and SuSE

Fri Jul 25 15:06:08 WST 2003

> Sounds like Mandrake is using APIC to assign IRQs, whereas SuSE isn't?

Yep. Whenever you see IRQs of >15, you're using an onboard IO-APIC. This 
is one thing we have MS to thank for, they essentially forced 
chipset/board manufacturers to include IO-APICs.

Check to see if SuSE is booting with "noapic" for some reason, and if it 
is try removing the option. Otherwise, a custom kernel with IO-APIC 
support may be a good idea.

Craig Ringer