WD8013 & SCO UNIX

[Dick Dunn]

mju at mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) writes:

> IRQ 2 can be flakey under Unix because it's usually rerouted to IRQ 9;
> under DOS, you don't see this, but under Unix, it quickly becomes
> apparent...

No, this is just wrong.  IRQ 2 does not exist on an AT bus, period.  The
position on a PC-bus connector corresponding to IRQ 2 is the same as the
position on an AT-bus connector corresponding to IRQ 9.  Period.  If you
take a card designed for the PC, set it up to generate IRQ 2, and plug it
into an AT-bus machine, it will generate IRQ 9.  Nothing flakey about it.
This re-routing is pure hardware, and UNIX deals with it just fine.

(Isn't this in the FAQ?)
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