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From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit:  src/sys/pccard pcic.c
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> >  Modified:    sys/pccard  pcic.c
> >  Log:
> >  Initialize pcic_imask with SWI_MASK to interference from timeout routines.
> 
> SWI_CLOCK_MASK would prevent interference from timeout routines.  The
> other SWIs should probably be masked iff the HWIs for pcic devices are
> masked.

Only additional interrupts from the PCIC controller plus interrupts from
PCMCIA cards will be globally masked when this whole mess is done with.
At points in the code additional masking will be necessary, but to
decrease latency they won't need to be done in the entire routine.


Nate