Re: [pcmcia] lost interrupt

Jamie Lokier (lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 16 Dec 1999 18:36:08 +0100


Alan Cox wrote:
> > interrupts then. The driver has to have a full implementation of all the
> > modem protocols in software and could definitely hold the system up. This
>
> Only if it is badly programmed.

You're been reading the binary too? :-)

> Quite why on earth lucent dumped the entire modem into kernel space is beyond
> me

It's basically a straight copy of the NT driver with minor interface
changes, so of course runs everything in NT kernel space. Such is the
nature of NT drivers.

-- Jamie

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