From: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>
To: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, sancelot@free.fr
Subject: Re: io apic and shared irq questions
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 17:28:52 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <447F7834.50102@shaw.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6iROY-2Dc-17@gated-at.bofh.it>
s.a. wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Regarding an embedded realtime system, I have got a communication board
> on pci bus .
>
> I would like it's interrupt not being shared (with usb) , because the
> component receives an it every 100us and is realtime determinist.
> I looked at how was routed IRQ's with the io apic , although it is able
> to use 24 irq's, linux always share my PCI boards IRQ with another
> component and do not use all the 24 irq's range capability of ioapic.
>
> Do you think it is possible to program the ioapic in order to have a
> better irq mapping and avoid this problem and use all the range of
> availbale vectors ?
>
> Best Regards
> Steph
This may depend on the hardware, but as far as I know, usually the
IOAPIC interrupt mapping is the same as the physical wiring of the
interrupt lines on the board. If the devices use the same physical
interrupt line, there is no way to separate them.
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