Hi shilpa I dont think the irq is getting screwed up. The pci allows us to share irqs(assuming both the cards are pci). Give us the exact environment where ur system freezes ?? Karthik > Hi all, > I am trying to get up and running two network interfaces (one is a fast > ethernet card and the other a gigabit card) on a machine with Redhat 6.2 > (kernel v2.2.14-5). The IRQs seem to be getting messed up due to which my > system freezes when I try to get the interfaces up. > I would appreciate any ideas on this. > > Thanks, > -Shilpa - Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/