Subject: Re: 3c509 at irq 3
To: None <perry@piermont.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/19/1998 09:03:09
On Thu, 19 Feb 1998 10:35:20 -0500
"Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> wrote:
> > I could be wrong, but I thought it used to be okay for devices
> > to share irq? Was that never the case or have things changed?
>
> This was never the case.
Incorrect. The software has allowed interrupt sharing for a long time,
and it works fine if the hardware can deal with it.
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