From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Feb 3 16:03:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA29212 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 3 Feb 1997 16:03:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA29191; Mon, 3 Feb 1997 16:03:32 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id KAA07826; Tue, 4 Feb 1997 10:33:25 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199702040003.KAA07826@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: 5 devices in 4 PCI Slots ? In-Reply-To: <9701038549.AA854983543@ccgate.infoworld.com> from "Brett_Glass@infoworld.com" at "Feb 3, 97 08:06:44 am" To: Brett_Glass@infoworld.com Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 10:33:24 +1030 (CST) Cc: se@FreeBSD.ORG, Andre.Albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Brett_Glass@infoworld.com stands accused of saying: > Interesting. Is interrupt sharing implemented for other drivers as well > (for instance, for PCMCIA multifunction cards that share an IRQ between an > Ethernet NIC and a modem)? Interrupt sharing is a bus, not driver, issue. We've just done to death why you can't (properly) share ISA interrupts. Nate indicated a while back that PCCARD IRQ-sharing was achievable without too much pain, but I don't think it's his #1 priority just now. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[