Subject: Re: 3c509 at irq 3
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/19/1998 12:15:14
Jason Thorpe writes:
> 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.
Since when could a 3c509 do shared interrupts?
Perry