Table 1-3. Interrupt Assignments (continued)

 

 

IRQ Line

Used By/Available

 

 

IRQ8

Generated by keyboard controller for each tick of RTC.

IRQ9

Available for use by expansion card.

IRQ10

Available for use by expansion card.

IRQ11

Available for use by expansion card.

IRQ12

Generated by keyboard controller to indicate that mouse’s output

 

buffer is full.

IRQ13

Generated by math coprocessor to indicate coprocessor error.

IRQ14

Generated by device connected to primary EIDE port to indicate

 

that device requires service. If no EIDE devices are installed, this

 

line is available for other use.

IRQ15

Generated by device connected to secondary EIDE port to indi-

 

cate that device requires service. If no device is connected to

 

secondary EIDE port, IRQ15 is available for use by expansion

 

card.

 

 

DMA Channel Assignments

 

Table 1-4. DREQ Line Assignments

DREQ Line

Used By/Available

 

 

DREQ0

Available

DREQ1

Available

DREQ2

Generated by super I/O controller to initiate DMA cycle for

 

attached diskette drive

DREQ3

Available

DREQ4

Generated by bus controller chip to activate second DMA con-

 

troller

DREQ5

Available (default) DMA on-board sound controller

DREQ6

Available

DREQ7

Available

 

 

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Dell 100-Mbps manual DMA Channel Assignments, IRQ14