Tim Holmes wrote:
> However, keep in mind that Windows is... retarded for lack of a better word.
> It will take any random IRQ it wants, and uses software to make everything
> work. If you have a motherboard that will display the IRQs, you may see
> several IRQ conflicts, but Windows ignores it and "runs" despite it.
>
> Linux on the other hand will not! So, unless your Motherboard supports shared
> IRQs, and they're not something like video sharing an IRQ with sound, it will
> work with minimal slow downs or problems.
>
Tim,
I'm usually a Linux advocate, and not a Microsoft advocate (more the
opposite). However, I'd just like to make the point that in this case I
would call Linux "less functional" -- I'd like my software to find its
way around any problems it can and "Just Work" (trademark (??) of
AbiWord ;-).
My statement is of course on the assumption that Windows is not putting
something else at risk by doing this. I do know there are ways to
write programs to share interrupts, safely.
Just a different $.02
Randy Kramer
