Re: Today Linus redesigns the networking driver interface (was Re: tulip driver in ...)

Andrea Arcangeli (andrea@e-mind.com)
Mon, 21 Sep 1998 02:22:10 +0200 (CEST)


On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, Doug Ledford wrote:

>I think this is the semantic problem. The SA_INTERRUPT flag doesn't say
>anything about the speed of your interrupt routine. It flags whether or
>not to run the various bottom halves at the end of your interrupt. For

Wrong. 2.1.122 run bh handlers (only _if_ they are marked active) after
the end of _every_ irq handler. Take a look at the do_IRQ() function in
arch/i387/kernel/irq.c, there' s a clear if (1).

Andrea[s] Arcangeli

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