EI_INTERRUPT

Section: (9)
Updated: 29 May 2003
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NAME

ei_interrupt - handle the interrupts from an 8390  

SYNOPSIS

irqreturn_t ei_interrupt (int irq, void * dev_id, struct pt_regs * regs);  

ARGUMENTS

irq
interrupt number
dev_id
a pointer to the net_device
regs
unused
 

DESCRIPTION

Handle the ether interface interrupts. We pull packets from the 8390 via the card specific functions and fire them at the networking stack. We also handle transmit completions and wake the transmit path if necessary. We also update the counters and do other housekeeping as needed.  

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