Appendix B
WADE-8044 User’s Manual
Interrupt Request Lines (IRQ)
Peripheral devices can use interrupt request lines to notify CPU for the service
required. The following table shows the IRQ used by the devices on board.
IRQ#
Current Use
Default Use
IRQ 0
System ROM
System timer
IRQ 1
System ROM
Keyboard
IRQ 2
[Unassigned]
Cascade
IRQ 3
System ROM
COM2
IRQ 4
System ROM
COM1
IRQ 5
[Unassigned]
PCI device
IRQ 6
System ROM
PCI device
IRQ 7
[Unassigned]
Possibility used by LPT1
IRQ 8
System ROM
RTC clock
IRQ 9
[Unassigned]
PCI device
IRQ 10
[Unassigned]
COM3
IRQ 11
[Unassigned]
COM4
IRQ 12
System ROM
Mouse
IRQ 13
System ROM
Mathprocessor:686
IRQ 14
System ROM
Fixed disk
IRQ 15
[Unassigned]
Probably not available