Re: [LIP] Interrupts in SMP

Arun Sharma <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.user-groups.linux.india.programmers
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 12:24:37PM +0530, suresh kumar wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> How are interrupts raised in an SMP? I mean, what is the load balancing
algorithm that is followed? and in general how the interrupt communication
i.e. interrupt routing, between APIC and processors and what parametres
are considered in that.

Details vary depending on the chipset. Look for "irqbalance" on Linux.

	-Arun


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