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To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org>
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Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 13:02:14 +0200
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cc: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
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Subject: Re: HEADSUP: pca driver being retired. 
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In message <200308141017.h7EAHoOI089193@grimreaper.grondar.org>, Mark Murray wr
ites:

>Would it be a useful exercise for the minority(?) of users who use this
>driver to either see if it can be effectively newbussed or turned into
>a port or both?

The main problem is the code which hi-jacks the i8254 and kicks off
up to 20000 interrupts per second.

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