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authorNick Andrew <nick@nick-andrew.net>2008-03-04 18:05:40 -0500
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-03-26 17:23:40 -0400
commitc0c20fb5a8f2e2eddf7f0e5467c7511fee907903 (patch)
tree311ef4b323d09743d1d949e25039dc67871f7bcf /Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt
parent5254149f6c4e938fea3735183434e208097bd188 (diff)
x86: Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt: fix description
The description of the interrupt routing doesn't match the (nice) diagram. Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew <nick@nick-andrew.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Every PCI card emits a PCI IRQ, which can be INTA, INTB, INTC or INTD:
70 70
71These INTA-D PCI IRQs are always 'local to the card', their real meaning 71These INTA-D PCI IRQs are always 'local to the card', their real meaning
72depends on which slot they are in. If you look at the daisy chaining diagram, 72depends on which slot they are in. If you look at the daisy chaining diagram,
73a card in slot4, issuing INTA IRQ, it will end up as a signal on PIRQ2 of 73a card in slot4, issuing INTA IRQ, it will end up as a signal on PIRQ4 of
74the PCI chipset. Most cards issue INTA, this creates optimal distribution 74the PCI chipset. Most cards issue INTA, this creates optimal distribution
75between the PIRQ lines. (distributing IRQ sources properly is not a 75between the PIRQ lines. (distributing IRQ sources properly is not a
76necessity, PCI IRQs can be shared at will, but it's a good for performance 76necessity, PCI IRQs can be shared at will, but it's a good for performance