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From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
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Subject: Re: ed0 timeouts 
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Hi,

>   PCI cards have level sensitive interrupts and thus are generally immune to
>lost interrupts. A different matter with ISA edge triggered interrupts. If the
>interrupt code loses one there, you likely won't get another one until the
>device is reset.

very good point.  I am going to forge ahead using the PCI card for now,
there's so much other stuff to do!!!  I'm about to commit all the
cleaned-up APIC code and prompt others to turn it on and experiment.

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