Subject: Re: interrupts
To: Toru Nishimura <nisimura@itc.aist-nara.ac.jp>
From: Frederic GILLIERS <fredg@DotCom.FR>
List: port-mips
Date: 08/09/2000 11:43:00
Toru Nishimura wrote:

> > Some MipsProcessor have the timer on the int5 pin.
> >
> > is it supported yet ? And if no, what is missing ?
> >
> > I may have to work on a port for a mips based plateform and I wonder if
> > I can use this feature.
>
> Check and see cpu_intr()::cobalt/cobalt/machdep.c as a minimalist example.
>
> Tohru Nishimura
> Nara Institute of Science and Technology

I have already looked at it, and I confess I don't  really understand what he
does : he uses a magic number 0x14000c18, transforms it into a kseg1 address,
and checks that the bit 8 is on.
Well, I confess it seems a little obscure to me.
What does this address mean ?

Thank you for your kelp.