how is TIMER_BH called

From: Nirranjan.K (nirran@sasken.com)
Date: Thu Sep 20 2001 - 09:17:57 EST


I read that Bottom halves are called only at the end of slow interrupts not
after fast interrupts. Timer tick is a fast interrupt(SA_INTERRUPT - set).
Then how is TIMER_BH called ? Please clarify.

Thanks in advance,
Nirranjan.K

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