RE: spurious 8259A interrupt

From: Maciej W. Rozycki (macro_at_ds2.pg.gda.pl)
Date: 03/23/04

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    To: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>
    
    

    On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Richard B. Johnson wrote:

    > First, you are using the 8259A (XT-PIC). This means you have
    > IO-APIC turned off (or it doesn't exist).

     An I/O APIC can be used for the wirtual-wire mode as well. Using the
    8259A doesn't preclude using an I/O APIC semi-transparently, with ExtINTA
    messages travelling across the inter-APIC bus (depending on an APIC
    implementation).

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