Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 9 Nov 1999 17:34:06 +0100 (MET) | From | Roman Zippel <> | Subject | Re: linux interrupt handling problem |
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Hi,
On 9 Nov 1999, Jes Sorensen wrote:
> We already have this feature, you run the critical interrupt as > SA_INTERRUPT, the rest as normal sti() ones. The 7 priorities don't > buy you anything.
We never had that feature in a working version. And even if it would work you would limit yourself to only two interrupt sources, for everything more advanced you can forget about good perfomance.
Another reason is that the driver writer had to decide how "important" his driver is and set the SA_INTERRUPT for this. As soon as you want to get more than one driver working properly together, you get problem with this system.
bye, Roman
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