Commit c0c20fb5 authored by Nick Andrew's avatar Nick Andrew Committed by Ingo Molnar

x86: Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt: fix description

The description of the interrupt routing doesn't match the (nice) diagram.
Signed-off-by: default avatarNick Andrew <nick@nick-andrew.net>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
parent 5254149f
...@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Every PCI card emits a PCI IRQ, which can be INTA, INTB, INTC or INTD: ...@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Every PCI card emits a PCI IRQ, which can be INTA, INTB, INTC or INTD:
These INTA-D PCI IRQs are always 'local to the card', their real meaning These INTA-D PCI IRQs are always 'local to the card', their real meaning
depends on which slot they are in. If you look at the daisy chaining diagram, depends on which slot they are in. If you look at the daisy chaining diagram,
a card in slot4, issuing INTA IRQ, it will end up as a signal on PIRQ2 of a card in slot4, issuing INTA IRQ, it will end up as a signal on PIRQ4 of
the PCI chipset. Most cards issue INTA, this creates optimal distribution the PCI chipset. Most cards issue INTA, this creates optimal distribution
between the PIRQ lines. (distributing IRQ sources properly is not a between the PIRQ lines. (distributing IRQ sources properly is not a
necessity, PCI IRQs can be shared at will, but it's a good for performance necessity, PCI IRQs can be shared at will, but it's a good for performance
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