Re: [2.4.20][2.5.60] /proc/interrupts comparsion - two irqs for i8042?

Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)
Wed, 12 Feb 2003 15:53:10 +0000

On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 10:36:16AM -0500, Shawn Starr wrote:
> 1: 15 XT-PIC i8042
> 12: 60 XT-PIC i8042
>
> Interesting, why are we using two interrupts for the i8042 (keyboard).

i8042 != keyboard.

i8042 == keyboard controller + (optionally) PS/2 mouse controller.

IRQ1 = keyboard IRQ
IRQ12 = PS/2 mouse IRQ

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