Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 11:07:22 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: nate@sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Cc: terry@lambert.org, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Watchdog timers (was: Re: Multi-Port Async Cards) Message-ID: <199602020037.LAA25333@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199602012310.QAA21816@rocky.sri.MT.net> from "Nate Williams" at Feb 1, 96 04:10:49 pm
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Nate Williams stands accused of saying: > > I'd probably throw multiport serial and/or ethernet cards in the 6 > > PCI slots. 8-). > > I don't think such a thing exists. A PCI-slot has one and only one IRQ > associated with it, so you generally don't have multi-port PCI cards, > hence the reason for having ISA slots (+ backward's compatability). IIRC, Cyclades have PCI multiport card. Most multiport ISA cards only generate one IRQ; they just have a register on the card that indicates which source(s) are interrupting. Multiport PCI ethernet cards usually hide the devices behind another PCI bridge as I understand it. > Nate -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai [[
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