[aclug-L] Re: sound config clues---please

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Alexander <john.alexander@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> Uh, that's not entirely correct. My Alpha box still uses interrupts, as does
> every single PPC-based box out there. You may not have to directly
> manipulate those IRQs, as most of these systems now use the PCI bus, but
> they do exist, and they are still used.

I might add that one significant difference between Alphas and x86
systems in this regard is that Alphas have 64 irq levels as opposed to 
16 -- eliminating problems associated with running out of irqs to
assign.

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