Subject: Re: NuBus cards conflict (Re: Daystar Accelerators)
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.org>
From: Allen Briggs <briggs@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/22/2004 00:34:50
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 09:58:36PM -0700, Joel Rees wrote:
> I recall the 68k provided for peripherals putting a code that could be
> used for a device code (so to speak) on the bus during the interrupt
> response cycles. Did the nubus spec prevent using that, or was it just
> Apple's corner-cutting?
I don't recall this, but the 68k does allow different interrupt levels.
The nubus interrupts are all wired together, though, into one interrupt
input on a VIA (or VIA-replacement) on the Mac.
-allen
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