diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ep1a/ChangeLog b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ep1a/ChangeLog
index 42664e4a81..28ceb133e2 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ep1a/ChangeLog
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ep1a/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2007-12-02	Till Straumann <strauman@slac.stanford.edu>
+
+	* irq/irq_init.c: added new args to openpic_init().
+	This BSP probably needs them (8245 has an EPIC).
+	I would be surprised if the PCI interrupts with the
+	old code actually worked...
+
 2007-11-30	Till Straumann <strauman@slac.stanford.edu>
 
 	* startup/bspstart.c: removed bsp_exceptions_in_RAM
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ep1a/irq/irq_init.c b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ep1a/irq/irq_init.c
index 95a516b724..2b4ab96dea 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ep1a/irq/irq_init.c
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ep1a/irq/irq_init.c
@@ -272,7 +272,12 @@ void BSP_rtems_irq_mng_init(unsigned cpuId)
 #ifdef TRACE_IRQ_INIT  
   printk("Going to initialize openpic compliant device\n");
 #endif       
-  openpic_init(1, mcp750_openpic_initpolarities, mcp750_openpic_initsenses);
+  /* FIXME (t.s.): we should probably setup the EOI delay by
+   * passing a non-zero 'epic_freq' argument (frequency of the
+   * EPIC serial interface) but I don't know the value on this
+   * board (8245 SDRAM freq, IIRC)...
+   */
+  openpic_init(1, mcp750_openpic_initpolarities, mcp750_openpic_initsenses, 0, 16, 0 /* epic_freq */);
 
 #ifdef TRACE_IRQ_INIT  
   printk("Going to initialize the PCI/ISA bridge IRQ related setting (VIA 82C586)\n");