Re: Nested interrupts problem, not SA_INTERRUPT

Matthias Urlichs (urlichs@smurf.noris.de)
16 Jul 1995 12:47:07 +0200

Hi,
Richard Black <Richard.Black@cl.cam.ac.uk> writes:
>
> In case its relevant this is slackware 2.3.0 linux 1.2.8 HP Vectra 386/33U,
> /proc/interrupts shows:
> 0: 866007 timer
> 5: 42555849 EATM Interface

You are processing 5000 interrupts per second on a 386/33?
Congratulations...

No wonder the clocks gets bogged down -- from here, it looks like the
system is severely overloaded.

Why can't you poll the card?

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