Why is NIC interrupt value of ifconfig different from NIC IRQ number of /proc/interrupts?

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Issue

  • What does interrupt of ifconfig mean?
  • Why is NIC interrupt value of ifconfig differenrt from NIC IRQ number of /proc/interrupts?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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