Re: What determines which interrupts are shared under Linux?

[Robert Hancock]

Roger Heflin wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Linux when interrupts are defined similar to below, what defines say
> ide2, ide3 to be on the same interrupt?    The bios, linux, the driver 
> using
> the interrupt?    And can that be controlled/overrode at the 
> kernel/driver level?

Typically this is determined by the hardware routing of the interrupt 
lines on the motherboard, occasionally the BIOS. There isn't usually 
much that can be done about the sharing at the kernel level.

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