Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 17 Feb 1998 06:40:52 -0600 (CST) | From | Chris Zwilling <> | Subject | Re: ncr53c8xx + tulip IRQ sharing |
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On Tue, 17 Feb 1998, Jon Lewis wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Rogier Wolff wrote: > > > No. Linux guarantees that YOUR interrupt will not occur. This means > > that you have free reign about your own device (the ncr8xx). However > > if you cannot tolerate being interrupted for a few microseconds, (e.g. > > if the device has a microsecond timeout after writing a "low word") > > you can opt for running the whole interrupt routine with interrupts > > off to keep things "consistent". > > I didn't realize my question and lame BIOS would spark such a lively > debate. Anyone care to guess which is the best way to procede? Make the > NCR driver use slow interrupts? Make the Tulip driver use fast ones? Try > to somehow force them onto different IRQ's without the BIOS's help? >
Personally I run two NCR based cards (875s) and a Tulip based NIC. I have never had problems getting them to co-exist. I think that the current state of the driver(s) is just fine and that if it doesn't work on some people's motherboards, then the motherboard is broken.
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