Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 10:57:22 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: darren.pilgrim@bitfreak.org Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can someone explain...[ PCI interrupts] Message-ID: <20051207.105722.60788677.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <018e01c5fafe$c9154a20$642a15ac@smiley> References: <018e01c5fafe$c9154a20$642a15ac@smiley>
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"Darren Pilgrim" <darren.pilgrim@bitfreak.org> writes:
: From: John Baldwin
: >
: > The reason [for masking interrupts] is that PCI interrupts are level
: > triggered, so they won't "shut up" until the ISR has run and pacified
: > the PCI device.
:
: But PCI interrupts can be programmed either level- or edge-triggered, so
: wouldn't programming to edge-triggered interrupts solve the "they won't shut
: up" issue?
PCI interrupts are level. There's no way to program them otherwise.
Warner
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