[wellylug] PCI card slot locations

[Phillip Hutchings]

On 1/19/07, Blair Harkness <Blair.Harkness at blairwright.co.nz> wrote:
>
> Hello all, I recently changed the case for my computer and after putting it
> all back together, I had to muck around for an hour or so untill I got all
> the PCI cards into their original slots, as I kept having problems getting
> modules/drivers to load. Is there a command that will 'reprobe' the IRQ
> assignment and automatically recognise where the cards are? I'm using Mepis.
> Thank-You,
> Blair

It should happen automatically, PCI cards aren't bound to an IRQ in
any way. The only issues you could get is assignment change, eg if you
reverse the order of eth0 and eth1, or a HD controller card.

Check the output from lspci to make sure all the cards have been
recognised by the OS.

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Phillip Hutchings
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