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From: mouth@ibm.net (John Kelly)
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Cc: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Subject: Sharing interrupts
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 01:33:00 GMT
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On Mon, 28 Jul 1997 10:38:32 -0700 (MST), Terry Lambert  wrote:

> You can not share interrupts with ISA cards.  Period.

Semicolon;

With the multiport support in the FreeBSD kernel config, and by
soldering resistors and diodes in the right places, you can share
interrupts among multiple serial cards.

The technique has been previously published on Usenet, and it works. I
have verified it.

John