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Source at commit ec7cab4cbb721bff91ec924ec691efd8daf36579 created 12 years 8 months ago. By Maarten ter Huurne, MIPS: JZ4740: A320: Updated quickstart documentation. | |
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1 | What is an IRQ? |
2 | |
3 | An IRQ is an interrupt request from a device. |
4 | Currently they can come in over a pin, or over a packet. |
5 | Several devices may be connected to the same pin thus |
6 | sharing an IRQ. |
7 | |
8 | An IRQ number is a kernel identifier used to talk about a hardware |
9 | interrupt source. Typically this is an index into the global irq_desc |
10 | array, but except for what linux/interrupt.h implements the details |
11 | are architecture specific. |
12 | |
13 | An IRQ number is an enumeration of the possible interrupt sources on a |
14 | machine. Typically what is enumerated is the number of input pins on |
15 | all of the interrupt controller in the system. In the case of ISA |
16 | what is enumerated are the 16 input pins on the two i8259 interrupt |
17 | controllers. |
18 | |
19 | Architectures can assign additional meaning to the IRQ numbers, and |
20 | are encouraged to in the case where there is any manual configuration |
21 | of the hardware involved. The ISA IRQs are a classic example of |
22 | assigning this kind of additional meaning. |
23 |
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