Lite-On ethernet controller

Michel Lanners mlan at cpu.lu
Thu Jun 1 04:33:33 EST 2000


On  31 May, this message from Jeff Garzik echoed through cyberspace:
>> Device information:
>> tulip driver output:
>> eth1: Lite-On PNIC-II rev 37 at 0x1c00, 00:00:94:C5:EF:FF, IRQ 30.
>
> IRQ 30?  Is that ok for PPC?

Yes, actually there are systems that are not limited to 8 IRQs cascaded
into another 8 IRQs ;-))

Seriously, IIRC, desktop PPC systems have at least one interrupt
controller with 32 IRQs. Some even have more... or more controllers.

Michel

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