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

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And on a nearly totally unrelated note... SPARCs have 32 IRQs. :-)

(Or the ones I own do, anyway :-)


On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 09:19:35AM -0500, John Goerzen wrote:
> 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.
> 
> -- 
> John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming   jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx |
> Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade)       www.debian.org |
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
>   via Remote
> 
> -- This is the discussion@xxxxxxxxx list.  To unsubscribe,
> visit http://tmp2.complete.org/cgi-bin/listargate-aclug.cgi

--
It is better to be silent and thought a fool, than to speak and be known
one.
--
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  Jonathan Hall  *  jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx  *  PGP public key available
 Systems Admin, Future Internet Services; Goessel, KS * (316) 367-2487
         http://www.futureks.net  *  PGP Key ID: FE 00 FD 51
                  -=  Running Debian GNU/Linux  =-
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

-- This is the discussion@xxxxxxxxx list.  To unsubscribe,
visit http://tmp2.complete.org/cgi-bin/listargate-aclug.cgi