On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Ravi K wrote: > > > 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". > > Intel IA-32 arch. manual only specifies the priority > in which interrupts are serviced in case of multiple > simultaneous interrupts. x86 doesn't provide a direct > way to selectively block some interrupts. (at least I > didn't find any reference in the manual). You can use interrupt masking. Cheers, Zwane -- 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/
