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Date:      Tue, 4 Feb 1997 10:33:24 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        Brett_Glass@infoworld.com
Cc:        se@FreeBSD.ORG, Andre.Albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 5 devices in 4 PCI Slots ?
Message-ID:  <199702040003.KAA07826@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <9701038549.AA854983543@ccgate.infoworld.com> from "Brett_Glass@infoworld.com" at "Feb 3, 97 08:06:44 am"

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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.

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