Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 30 Nov 1999 13:12:52 +0100 (CET) | From | (Arjan van de Ven) | Subject | Re: IRQ Layout. |
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In article <Pine.LNX.4.10.9911301346070.2614-100000@chiara.csoma.elte.hu> you wrote: > The Linux IOAPIC code just > uses the IRQ layout that is present in the system, we have no influence on > this.
One day, we may want to change this. For one, on a SMP system with 2 NICs, one might want each of the NICs delever their interrupt to a separate (but for each NIC always the same) CPU. (less lock-contention and cache polution). I don't know if this can cause deadlocks, though.
Greetings, Arjan van de Ven
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