Re: Realtek 8139 problem on 486.
From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@orcam.me.uk>
Date: 2021-06-24 18:25:46
Hi Nikolai,
Meanwhile I've captured a similar log from another (and actually this one is my main concern because it can not be replaced easily): https://pastebin.com/NVfRcMww Something is clearly different here, 8259A.pl reports all irqs are edge no matter what. BIOS setup only offers some strange "PCI IDE IRQ mode" (Edge/Level) and apparently it has no effect anyway.
Such an option was common in BIOS configuration of the time, due to odd arrangements with early PCI ATA interfaces, such as being equipped with an ISA stub board with a connecting cable to route IRQ14/15 from an ISA slot. Anyway, this the ALi M1489/M1487 chipset and no datasheet is easily available (perhaps Nvidia, which bought the chipset part of ALi back in 2006, has a copy, but I wouldn't bet on it). A product brief is available that says the chipset supports PCI steering, but we can only guess how it works. Please try the debug patch I sent with the previous message and maybe it'll dump the PIRQ router, which may or may not help. Choosing the CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS option may also reveal something along with said patch. Maciej