Bottom half

Neil Moore (amethyst@maxwell.ml.org)
Sat, 26 Jul 1997 18:47:28 -0400

Where exactly did the concept/name of a ``bottom half'' of an interrupt
handler originate? I know it dates back to at least v7 and probably
earlier versions of Unix. I was wondering if it predates Unix and, if
so, where it originated.

Thanks in advance,

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