Re: EISA ID for PnP modem and resource allocation

[Amit Gurdasani <amitg _at_ xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 4 Jan 2004, Russell King wrote:

:On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 10:50:37PM +0000, Adam Belay wrote:
:> > ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 0) is a 16550A
:> > ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
:> > ttyS2 at I/O 0x3e8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
:> > parport0: irq 7 detected
:>
:> Hmm, it shouldn't be reporting irq 0.  The probbing code may be confused.
:> I would guess it is on irq 4.
:
:irq0 on x86 means "I'll use polled mode".

Does this imply a performance reduction whether or not I actually have a
device connected to the port? And would this imply that the serial port
should remain functional despite there being no interrupt line assigned to
it?

What sort of performance degradation (in terms of CPU utilization, latency,
throughput, or otherwise) can I expect from a serial port operating in
polled mode?

Thanks,

Amit
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