ei_interrupt

Section: Kernel Hacker's Manual (9)
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NAME

ei_interrupt - handle the interrupts from an 8390  

SYNOPSIS

void 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 neccessary. We also update the counters and do other housekeeping as needed.


 

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