On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 01:03:19 +1200 Glenn McCord <clari_player@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is this good? No, it's not. > root@upstairs glenn # cat /proc/interrupts > CPU0 > 0: 16024 XT-PIC timer > 1: 198 XT-PIC keyboard > 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade > 5: 4389 XT-PIC ICE1712 > 8: 2 XT-PIC rtc > 9: 0 XT-PIC acpi, usb-ohci, usb-ohci > 11: 10635 XT-PIC eth0, nvidia > 12: 6789 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse > 14: 10827 XT-PIC ide0 > 15: 19 XT-PIC ide1 >From http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69/Arcana.html#IRQs : Here's the order of interrupt priority on a non-APIC machine: 0, 1, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 0 is the highest priority 7 is the lowest priority 5 is way down on the list, just about everything else has priority over it. I have a Delta 1010, and rarely run into xruns. My IRQs are: xtc:~% cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 2947127195 XT-PIC timer 1: 796739 XT-PIC keyboard 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc 9: 12759493 XT-PIC ICE1712 10: 195005487 XT-PIC eth0, nvidia 12: 13312679 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse 14: 180887 XT-PIC ide0 15: 1987385 XT-PIC ide1 I've turned off the USB ports on my machine as well as acpi, which handles OS-directed configuration and power management. -- ====================================================================== Joe Hartley - UNIX/network Consultant - jh@xxxxxxxxxxxx Without deviation from the norm, "progress" is not possible. - FZappa