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Date:      Thu, 12 Nov 1998 15:53:29 +1030 (CST)
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PCI interrupts
Message-ID:  <XFMail.981112155329.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <199811120516.VAA07759@dingo.cdrom.com>

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On 12-Nov-98 Mike Smith wrote:
> > handler for the device in question. ie would the interrupt routine keep
> > getting called? or would it only get called once?
>  If the system is expecting a level-triggered interrupt, that is
>  *extremely* bad.  The interrupt handler will spin forever.  The same 
>  goes for any other operating system.  Your interrupt handler *must* 
>  clear the interrupt source before returning.
Eww :-/
Hmm... time for some extra code methinks..

> > beer if you want =)
>  Just make sure there's some cold there in the 'fridge.  I get back 
>  around the 30th or so of this month, and I've a week to kill in 
>  Adelaide.  8)
Hey, lucky for you Brian had his fridge fixed.. Now the milk isn't chunky..

>  Anything you think might go down well as tokens from afar?
I dunno, maybe some bad American coffee and beer so we can feel superior =)

---
Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
"The nice thing about standards is that there
are so many of them to choose from."
  -- Andrew Tanenbaum

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