Subject: Re: Megaherz Ethernet/Modem combo cards
To: Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@orchard.arlington.ma.us>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: current-users
Date: 09/29/1999 14:41:17
On Wed, 29 Sep 1999 16:39:45 -0400 
 Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@orchard.arlington.ma.us> wrote:

 > > Oh, I forgot... on true multi-function cards, the different functions
 > > usually don't share an interrupt line.  On the Megahertz combo, the
 > > two functions *do* share an interrupt line.
 > 
 > Hmm.  The pcmcia pinouts I remember looking at had only one interrupt line
 > between the socket and the card.  I must be missing something...

Okay, well, if this is true, then we have a problem with current
ethernet/modem combos, as we seem to be establishing an interrupt
(and allocating an IRQ!) for each function on the card.

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>