> But what if two PCI Devices are sharing the same interrupt line?
> Then how does the handler handle this?
> Can you please explain this handling by the Kernel?
All drivers register their interrupt handlers by calling request_irq().
When a shared interrupt arrives, all handlers for this interrupt are
run and each of them polls the status register of the device it handles
to see whether this device needs servicing.
Have a nice fortnight
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