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In article <4k1a9l$rov@vanbc.wimsey.com> jhenders@wimsey.com (John Henders) writes:

> In <4k0tnp$o66@info.evansville.net> tkraft@evansville.net (Toby L. Kraft)
> writes:
>
>>Whenever I install a new PCI board, I never know what IRQ will get
>>assigned to it.  The PCI board may get an IRQ assigned to an ISA board
>>and then the trouble begins.  I have several Micron systems with
>>Phoenix BIOS and Buslogic BT946C controllers.  Three different MB
>>bioses - three different IRQ's assigned to the Buslogic board!
>
> Every motherboard I've used has had an Award bios and they have all had
> some way of assigning the IDE irq used to a specific PCI slot. Some older
> boards have both bios settings and jumpers on the motherboard for this
> purpose. Usually you assign an ISA interupt to one of the 4 PCI
> interupts, then assign that interupt to a specific PCI slot, or at least
> that's the way it appears to work.

IDE isn't Plug & Play.  Yet.  BusLogic's newest cards don't even use the
legacy ports unless you set a particular option - PCI compliance is moving
away from this, and configuration is becoming more and more
invisible... along with its attendant complications.

Rhia