> Do you got any numbers that state that it's processing overhead, and not
> HW latency that is the bulk of interrupt service time? Just curious,
> I've been looking and can't find this "perceived fact" backed up by
> facts anywhere.
I think Alan had the ISR and kernel IRQ service overhead in mind. In this
light, hardware interrupt latency is a drop in the ocean..
Cheers,
Zwane Mwaikambo
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