Multiple Quad Ethernet Cards in one PC?

[Emre Bastuz]

Hi All,

thanks for the quick responses!

Zitat von Don Bowman <don at sandvine.com>:
> i would guess that perhaps the BIOS doesn't set up that
> many PCI-PCI bridges.
> 
> does it show in pciconf -l?
nope. Only two cards show up:

chip0 at pci0:0:0: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x71908086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
pcib1 at pci0:1:0: class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x71918086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x01
isab0 at pci0:7:0: class=0x060100 card=0x00000000 chip=0x71108086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
atapci0 at pci0:7:1:       class=0x010180 card=0x00000000 chip=0x71118086 rev=0x01
hdr=0x00
none0 at pci0:7:2: class=0x0c0300 card=0x00000000 chip=0x71128086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
chip1 at pci0:7:3: class=0x068000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x71138086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
pcib2 at pci0:12:0:        class=0x060400 card=0x000000dc chip=0xb1528086 rev=0x00
hdr=0x01
pcib3 at pci0:14:0:        class=0x060400 card=0x000000dc chip=0xb1528086 rev=0x00
hdr=0x01
pcib4 at pci0:16:0:        class=0x060400 card=0x000000dc chip=0xb1528086 rev=0x00
hdr=0x01
none1 at pci1:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0xff03102b chip=0x0521102b rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
ste0 at pci2:4:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x10121186 chip=0x10021186 rev=0x14 hdr=0x00
ste1 at pci2:5:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x10121186 chip=0x10021186 rev=0x14 hdr=0x00
ste2 at pci2:6:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x10121186 chip=0x10021186 rev=0x14 hdr=0x00
ste3 at pci2:7:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x10121186 chip=0x10021186 rev=0x14 hdr=0x00
none2 at pci3:4:0: class=0x020000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x10021186 rev=0x14 hdr=0x00
none3 at pci3:5:0: class=0x020000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x10021186 rev=0x14 hdr=0x00
none4 at pci3:6:0: class=0x020000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x10021186 rev=0x14 hdr=0x00
none5 at pci3:7:0: class=0x020000 card=0xffff5366 chip=0x020113f0 rev=0x14 hdr=0x00
ste4 at pci4:4:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x10121186 chip=0x10021186 rev=0x14 hdr=0x00
ste5 at pci4:5:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x10121186 chip=0x10021186 rev=0x14 hdr=0x00
ste6 at pci4:6:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x10121186 chip=0x10021186 rev=0x14 hdr=0x00
ste7 at pci4:7:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x10121186 chip=0x10021186 rev=0x14 hdr=0x00

I always managed to get around IRQ problems so far by changing settings in the
Bios, deactivating not needed components of the PC, etc. but this one really
confuses me.

My guess is that the entries none2 through none5 are the ports that I am looking
for - I just have no clue on how to activate them.

Maybe I should set up another PC and put the card there. I´d prefer having them
all in one box due to managability issues though. 

Any other hint for me?

Emre

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