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Fix incorrect plural form of IRQ
Replaced "IRQ's" with "IRQs" to use correct grammar.
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@@ -1951,8 +1951,8 @@ \subsection{Interrupt Handlers}
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The second, called interrupts, is much harder to implement because it has to be dealt with when convenient for the hardware, not the CPU.
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Hardware devices typically have a very small amount of RAM, and if you do not read their information when available, it is lost.
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Under Linux, hardware interrupts are called IRQ's (Interrupt ReQuests).
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There are two types of IRQ's, short and long.
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Under Linux, hardware interrupts are called IRQs (Interrupt ReQuests).
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There are two types of IRQs, short and long.
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A short IRQ is one which is expected to take a very short period of time, during which the rest of the machine will be blocked and no other interrupts will be handled.
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A long IRQ is one which can take longer, and during which other interrupts may occur (but not interrupts from the same device).
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If at all possible, it is better to declare an interrupt handler to be long.

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