>>>>> "Ravi" == Ravi K <kravi26@yahoo.com> writes: >> x86 does indeed have hardware interrupt priorities >> (check vol.3 of the arch manual >> from Intel) but they are not used by linux afaik, >> notwithstanding "irqtune". Ravi> Intel IA-32 arch. manual only specifies the priority Ravi> in which interrupts are serviced in case of multiple Ravi> simultaneous interrupts. x86 doesn't provide a direct Ravi> way to selectively block some interrupts. (at least I Ravi> didn't find any reference in the manual). It is a feature of the PIC, not the CPU. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/
