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@Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 11:08:37 CDT
Subject: Re: os2 irq concept question
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** Reply to note from "J. Ulbts"  Fri, 25
Jul 2003 12:42:09 +0200 (CEST) 
 
Juergen, 
    
> >I assume you installed Warp3 on ISA hardware. In that case, 3
devices on IRQ11, for example,    
> >would be an IRQ conflict. On a PCI bus machine IT IS NOT!  This is
how the PCI bus is designed  
> >to work, and work it does.   
   
> But you can call it a "IRQ conflict", if the driver has
problems with shared IRQs and it 
> doesn't work. 
 
Well, you could, but that would be incorrect!  :^)  An IRQ conflict is a
hardware thing, and has   
nothing to do with poorly written drivers.  
 
Apparently what we need is a new term to describe problems caused by
drivers that ignore   
established specs, including the basic PCI spec.  
 
Regards, 
 
Steve 




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