Re: PCI interruptions between two PCI expansion boards

[Marco Brambilla <divacon1@sh.bel.alcatel.be>]

> Finally, if you really want card-to-card interrupts, you may want to run a small jumper cable between 
> the cards.  Either inside of the case (which is out-of-the-way of users, or outside of the case through 
> the PCI bracket (which is more architecturally clean, but has the greater possibility of the cable being 
> pulled out.

Or, if you're designing both, and the one which needs interrupting the
other is a PCI master, make it write a register in the one to be
interrupted.

Ciao, Marco.
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