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Date:      Thu, 24 Sep 1998 13:43:16 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com>
Cc:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, bde@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: options DPT_LOST_IRQ 
Message-ID:  <199809242043.NAA00705@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 24 Sep 1998 14:26:34 MDT." <199809242033.OAA07647@pluto.plutotech.com> 

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> >Yes; the FAST_INTR() code basically looks like:
> >
> >fastintr:		<- entry with PSL_I clear, interrupts masked
> >	call	handler <- handler runs with interrupts masked
> >	sti		<- reenable interrupts
> >	rti
> 
> But why doesn't the PIC record any interrupts that occur while the
> CPU has interrupts blocked in its pending mask?  Or is this simply
> a problem because the I/O APICs on SMP systems work in some other
> strange way?

The problem seems to be that the DPT "stops asserting" the interrupt, 
going by what Eivind said.  I presume we're talking about a PCI device 
here, right?

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