Subject: Re: 3c509 at irq 3
To: None <perry@piermont.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/19/1998 09:03:09
On Thu, 19 Feb 1998 10:35:20 -0500 
 "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> wrote:

 > > I could be wrong, but I thought it used to be okay for devices
 > > to share irq?  Was that never the case or have things changed?
 > 
 > This was never the case.

Incorrect.  The software has allowed interrupt sharing for a long time,
and it works fine if the hardware can deal with it.

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