Re: System IRQ's
From: relic (nospam_at_relic211.cjb.net)
Date: 08/03/04
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Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 20:22:46 GMT
JT wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 17:19:34 GMT, "relic" <nospam@relic211.cjb.net>
> wrote:
>
>> JT wrote:
>>> On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 20:33:23 GMT, "relic" <nospam@relic211.cjb.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> DeMoN LaG wrote:
>>>>> "relic" <nospam@relic211.cjb.net> wrote in
>>>>> news:ptbPc.68611$SO5.47788 @twister.socal.rr.com:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Go ogle. It's ACPI.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ACPI and APIC are two different things. Go ogle yourself.
>>>>
>>>> There are 4 entries. NOTHING to do with System IRQ's is mentioned
>>>> in them. That would be ACPI.
>>>
>>>
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/sysperf/IO-APIC.mspx#XSLTsection127121120120
>>>
>>> Microsofts info on APIC. Google for "APIC interupt" and you won't
>>> get all the noise of non-related links
>>>
>>
>> I probably sounded like I'm trying to argue that it's /not/ APIC,
>> it's that I saw advice to the OP about using APIC. I believe the
>> option in BIOS is ACPI, not APIC; at least it is on the motherboards
>> I've seen lately. You have to enable ACPI to get APIC.
>
> Depends heavily on the BIOS and what they have modified. APIC does
> not Have to depend on ACPI.
>
> You came across as though APIC didn't exist, which it very much does.
I said, "Advanced Programmable Interface Controller" didn't in the context of
IRQs. It doesn't.
> You also came across as though APIC didn't have anything to do with
> IRQs and sharing, which it very much does.
That was confusing as I wrote it and I admitted to that already. The BIOS
option the OP would most likely have seen was ACPI, not APIC.
> You also said that there
> were only 4 google results and they had nothing to do with IRQs. That
> was just wrong.
Here it is, *4* google results that have nothing to do with IRQs:
Web Results 1 - 4 of 4 for "Advanced Programmable Interface Controller"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22Advanced+Programmable+Interface+Controller%22&btnG=Google+Search
As you can see, it was just _correct_
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