Re: Some remarks: Interrupts and serial ports

1998-01-14 Thread Adrian Bridgett
On Tue, Jan 13, 1998 at 07:38:33PM +0100, Wojtek Zabolotny wrote: > > Hi all! > > I've read a discussion about serial ports and interrupts and still have > some doubts. > WHY KERNEL'S SERIAL DRIVER IS WRITTEN IN THIS WAY THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO > SHARE INTERRUPTS? I think it is more of a c

Some remarks: Interrupts and serial ports

1998-01-13 Thread Wojtek Zabolotny
Hi all! I've read a discussion about serial ports and interrupts and still have some doubts. WHY KERNEL'S SERIAL DRIVER IS WRITTEN IN THIS WAY THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SHARE INTERRUPTS? >From the hardware point of view it should be quite possible. The interrupt line is driven by a three-st