On 17 Dec 1998, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> It's not that Linux decides on using irq16. It's that Linux is told
> that irq 16 is where things are at, so that's why Linux sets up the
> party at that irq.
How big is the actual speed penalty for sharing irq:s? Is there an
additional penalty on smp systems?
Peter
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