Re: [PARPORT] irqs


Philip Blundell (Philip.Blundell@pobox.com)
Sat, 04 Apr 1998 22:44:35 +0100


>I'm wondering whether /proc/parport/?/hardware should give the IRQ found
>from a probe, regardless of any over-ride..

That might be nice, yes. It's not currently stored anywhere but it wouldn't
be hard to do.

>Also, would we potentially have the same problem with DMA, in that an
>auto-probed DMA will be used by default?

I don't think it's as much of a risk, as people tend not to overload DMA
channels to the same extent. The only slave-DMA device most people have is a
soundblaster.

p.

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