[Asterisk-Users] How many X100P's in a system..

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On Thu, 22 May 2003, Robert Hajime Lanning wrote:
> I would expect, one of the issues would be latency.  Shared IRQs introduce
> additional latency for service on that IRQ.

When you have multiple cards in a system, shared IRQs are often more 
efficient than single ones. Since you can service multiple cards in a single 
interrupt.

It would thus be an advantage for a busy system with multiple x100p's. 
That is, if the x100p actually supported irq sharing to pci spec.

I dont think a few hundred extra cycles out of 1billion+/sec (eg most 
modern systems) is going to incur any noticeable latency in any case.

-Dan