In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Terry Lambert writes:
: Some cards do not have a hardware "I caused an interrupt" register,
: and use a differential (e.g. ring head vs. tail inequal after
: interrupt) to tell if there is work to do.  If these cards were to
: share interrupts, then they most likely do work every interrupt,
: and less work per interrupt, then would otherwise be the case (i.e.
: it would defeat hardware interrupt coelescing thresholds, among
: other things).

No such PCI cards can exists.  The PCI spec requires that interrupt
sharing work.

Warner

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