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+<article lang="&language;">
+<title>Interrupt Request (<abbrev>IRQ</abbrev>) Lines</title>
+<articleinfo>
+
+<authorgroup>
+<author>&Matthias.Hoelzer-Kluepfel;</author>
+<author>&Helge.Deller;</author>
+<author>&Duncan.Haldane;</author>
+<author>&Mike.McBride;</author>
+<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
+</authorgroup>
+
+<date>2002-02-12</date>
+<releaseinfo>3.00.00</releaseinfo>
+
+<keywordset>
+<keyword>KDE</keyword>
+<keyword>KControl</keyword>
+<keyword>IRQ</keyword>
+<keyword>interrupts</keyword>
+<keyword>system information</keyword>
+</keywordset>
+</articleinfo>
+
+<sect1>
+<title>Interrupt Request (<abbrev>IRQ</abbrev>) Lines in Use</title>
+
+<para>This page displays information about the Interrupt Request
+Lines in use, and the devices that use them.</para>
+
+<para>An <acronym>IRQ</acronym> is a hardware line used in a
+<acronym>PC</acronym> by (<acronym>ISA</acronym> bus) devices like
+keyboards, modems, sound cards, &etc;, to send interrupt signals to the
+processor to tell it that the device is ready to send or accept data.
+Unfortunately, there are  only sixteen <acronym>IRQ</acronym>'s (0-15)
+available in the i386 (<acronym>PC</acronym>) architecture for sharing among
+the various <acronym>ISA</acronym> devices.</para>
+
+<para>Many hardware problems are the result of <acronym>IRQ</acronym>
+conflicts, when two devices try to use the same <acronym>IRQ</acronym>, or
+software is misconfigured to use a different <acronym>IRQ</acronym> from the
+one a device is actually configured for.</para>
+
+<note><para>The exact information displayed is system-dependent.  On some
+systems, <acronym>IRQ</acronym> information cannot be displayed
+ yet.</para></note>
+
+<para>On &Linux;, this information is read from
+<filename class="directory">/proc/interrupts</filename>, which is only
+available if the <filename class="directory">/proc</filename>
+pseudo-filesystem is compiled into the  kernel.</para>
+
+<para>The first column, is the <acronym>IRQ</acronym> number.  The second
+column, is the number of interrupts that have been received since the last
+reboot.  The third column shows the type of interrupt.  The fourth,
+identifies the device assigned to that interrupt.</para>
+
+<para>The user cannot modify any settings on this page.</para>
+
+</sect1>
+
+</article>
+