Jamie> Alan Cox wrote:
>> Infinite if your IRQ is shared.
>>
>> You probably want to handle the IRQ in the kernel including
>> retrieving the status you need and clearing the irq state.
Jamie> Without documentation, sometimes we don't know how to clear the
Jamie> irq state ;-) disable_irq() works wonders in this case.
disable_irq() is slow and evil and breaks miserably when using shared
interrupts. General rule, do not use it.
Jes
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