Re: Today Linus redesigns the networking driver interface (was Re: tulip driver in ...)

Ezio Anselmo Mazarim Fernandes (ezioamf@linuxbr.com.br)
Sun, 20 Sep 1998 23:36:04 -0300


-----------------De: David Holland +ADw-dholland+AEA-cs.toronto.edu+AD4-
+AD4-The trouble is that on the x86, disabling just some interrupts means
+AD4-you have to talk to the interrupt controller, which is excessively
+AD4-slow.

why not put the irq that you want to disable redirected to irq+AF8-disabled
in the idt+AF8-table and restore to the original when enabled.

irq+AF8-disabled:
iret (or something like that :)

PS: Sorry for my too bad english and if what i say is too stupid.

Ezio Anselmo Mazarim Fernandes
Computer Science - Brazil

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