Installation Procedures
Specify Shared or Board-Unique Hardware
Interrupt Assignment
The installation process then asks you to specify how hardware interrupts
are to be assigned.
The
package allows the ports boards to be configured to all use the same interrupt (shared) or for each board to be configured to a different interrupt. If interrupts are shared, a maximum of 7 ports boards
may be installed. If each board is configured to a different interrupt, then at most 5 can be installed.
Do you want to share interrupts among all boards? (y or n)
If you specify to share an interrupt level among all boards, you are then asked to select the interrupt to be used by all
The device | driver used | for |
- Version 1 | .0 allows all | the boards installed to be strapped |
to the same interrupt. | Please select the interrupt that | |
will be used from the list below. The available | ||
interrupt(s) | for the ports boards are: |
IRQ 3
IRQ 5
IRQ 10 (default)
IRQ 11
IRQ 12
Type | the interrupt number and strike the ENTER key | or type |
Q to | cancel installation. Striking the ENTER alone | will |
select the default .
Enter Interrupt: