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Re: IRQs mapping in PC platform
"Boris V. Guzhov" <borg@int.spb.ru> writes:
> Hi,
> I have tested it. And my device (3c509 EtherLink3 ISA card)
> worked properly with 5 and 7 IRQ
> It corresponds to 5+PC_HARDWARE_IRQ_OFFSET and
> 7+PC_HARDWARE_IRQ_OFFSET vectors and here is
> used master interrupt controller.
> But it did not work with 10 and 11 IRQ (they are connected to slave
> interrupt controller). Why?
>
There may well be some problems with the second PIC and propogation of
interrupts through the master controller. I am not sure that this has
ever been tested - the only interrupting devices use so far are the
timer and serial lines, all of which are on the master.
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Nick Garnett, eCos Kernel Architect
Red Hat, Cambridge, UK