On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Sergei Shtylyov wrote: > > And with the "IO-APIC-edge" and "IO-APIC-level" alternatives back when the > > concept of IRQ controllers was introduced, "XT-PIC" rather than "8259A" > > sounded quite right. > > I don't follow you here. These were the three first names of interrupt controllers introduced back in 2.1 and the names chosen looked consistent. Maciej