In message: <200504110231.j3B2VOYr047361 at apollo.backplane.com> Matthew Dillon <dillon at apollo.backplane.com> writes: : * PCI busses only have 4 interrupt lines (A, B, C, and D). PCI Slots have only 4 interrupts. The BUS can have the interrupt lines wired in an arbitrary manner. That's why we need to have $PIR parsing. Warner