Interrupt Handler of Ethernet Device

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On Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 03:06:37PM +0300, Rami Rosen wrote:
> Robert,
> You should look for the request_irq() method in the driver.
> This method registers an interrupt handler.
> For example, you can look in:
> http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
> ...
> ...
>     if ((err = request_irq(nic->pdev->irq, e100_intr, IRQF_SHARED,
>                  nic->netdev->name, nic->netdev)))
> 
> ...
> 
> This means that e100_intr is registered as an interrupt handler.

  Is this nic->netdev represent a  Ethernet interface ?

  
> 
> Best,
> Rami Rosen
> http://ramirose.wix.com/ramirosen
> 
> 
> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Robert Clove <cloverobert at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> >
> > I am new here.
> > I want to know the interrupt handler of the ethernet card and where can i
> > find the definition of it so as i can clear the flow of packet reception.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Robert
> >
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