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Date:      Wed, 2 Dec 1998 11:19:03 -0500 (EST)
From:      zhihuizhang <bf20761@binghamton.edu>
To:        hackers <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Interrupt handler and interrupt unit?
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.L3.93.981202110449.23068A-100000@bingsun2>

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In the source code isa.c, I find the definition of intr_unit[].  I have no
idea what is an interrupt unit and how it is used.  Maybe it refers to one
of several device units connected by a single controller and that
controller is assigned one IRQ by OS or hardware jumpers? 

Also, I want to know what specific information is passed to the system
when an interrupt occurs.  I read in a book on device driver, it only says
this is OS and hardware dependent.

I hope someone can give me enlightment on the above two points. Thanks a
lot.

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| Zhihui Zhang, http://cs.binghamton.edu/~zzhang |
| Dept. of Computer Science,  SUNY at Binghamton |
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