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2 | 2 | What is an IRQ?
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3 | 3 | ===============
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| -An IRQ is an interrupt request from a device. |
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| -Currently they can come in over a pin, or over a packet. |
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| -Several devices may be connected to the same pin thus |
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| -sharing an IRQ. |
| 5 | +An IRQ is an interrupt request from a device. Currently, they can come |
| 6 | +in over a pin, or over a packet. Several devices may be connected to |
| 7 | +the same pin thus sharing an IRQ. |
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10 | 9 | An IRQ number is a kernel identifier used to talk about a hardware
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| -interrupt source. Typically this is an index into the global irq_desc |
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| -array, but except for what linux/interrupt.h implements the details |
| 10 | +interrupt source. Typically, this is an index into the global irq_desc |
| 11 | +array, but except for what linux/interrupt.h implements, the details |
13 | 12 | are architecture specific.
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15 | 14 | An IRQ number is an enumeration of the possible interrupt sources on a
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| -machine. Typically what is enumerated is the number of input pins on |
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| -all of the interrupt controller in the system. In the case of ISA |
| 15 | +machine. Typically, what is enumerated is the number of input pins on |
| 16 | +all of the interrupt controllers in the system. In the case of ISA, |
18 | 17 | what is enumerated are the 16 input pins on the two i8259 interrupt
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19 | 18 | controllers.
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21 | 20 | Architectures can assign additional meaning to the IRQ numbers, and
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| -are encouraged to in the case where there is any manual configuration |
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| -of the hardware involved. The ISA IRQs are a classic example of |
| 21 | +are encouraged to in the case where there is any manual configuration |
| 22 | +of the hardware involved. The ISA IRQs are a classic example of |
24 | 23 | assigning this kind of additional meaning.
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