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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN"
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<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here -->
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<article lang="&language;">
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<title>Interrupt Request (<abbrev>IRQ</abbrev>) Lines</title>
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<articleinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>&Matthias.Hoelzer-Kluepfel;</author>
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<author>&Helge.Deller;</author>
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<author>&Duncan.Haldane;</author>
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<author>&Mike.McBride;</author>
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<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
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</authorgroup>
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<date>2002-02-12</date>
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<releaseinfo>3.00.00</releaseinfo>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword>KDE</keyword>
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<keyword>KControl</keyword>
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<keyword>IRQ</keyword>
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<keyword>interrupts</keyword>
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<keyword>system information</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</articleinfo>
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<sect1>
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<title>Interrupt Request (<abbrev>IRQ</abbrev>) Lines in Use</title>
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<para>This page displays information about the Interrupt Request
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Lines in use, and the devices that use them.</para>
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<para>An <acronym>IRQ</acronym> is a hardware line used in a
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<acronym>PC</acronym> by (<acronym>ISA</acronym> bus) devices like
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keyboards, modems, sound cards, &etc;, to send interrupt signals to the
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processor to tell it that the device is ready to send or accept data.
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Unfortunately, there are only sixteen <acronym>IRQ</acronym>'s (0-15)
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available in the i386 (<acronym>PC</acronym>) architecture for sharing among
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the various <acronym>ISA</acronym> devices.</para>
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<para>Many hardware problems are the result of <acronym>IRQ</acronym>
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conflicts, when two devices try to use the same <acronym>IRQ</acronym>, or
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software is misconfigured to use a different <acronym>IRQ</acronym> from the
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one a device is actually configured for.</para>
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<note><para>The exact information displayed is system-dependent. On some
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systems, <acronym>IRQ</acronym> information cannot be displayed
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yet.</para></note>
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<para>On &Linux;, this information is read from
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<filename class="directory">/proc/interrupts</filename>, which is only
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available if the <filename class="directory">/proc</filename>
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pseudo-filesystem is compiled into the kernel.</para>
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<para>The first column, is the <acronym>IRQ</acronym> number. The second
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column, is the number of interrupts that have been received since the last
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reboot. The third column shows the type of interrupt. The fourth,
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identifies the device assigned to that interrupt.</para>
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<para>The user cannot modify any settings on this page.</para>
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</sect1>
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</article>
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