Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 09:45:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams), Mitsuru IWASAKI <iwasaki@jp.FreeBSD.org>, mmuir@es.co.nz, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: followup to apm problems. Message-ID: <199909011345.JAA05781@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199908312216.PAA00882@dingo.cdrom.com> References: <199908312120.PAA13660@harmony.village.org> <199908312216.PAA00882@dingo.cdrom.com>
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<<On Tue, 31 Aug 1999 15:16:48 -0700, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> said: > Actually, that's almost entirely system-dependant. The BIOS may well > poll the keyboard controller/USB controller, for example. And designs based on the Intel PIIX4 will generate SMI# interrupts for whichever activities are programmed in the BIOS, completely bypassing the traditional interrupt mechanism. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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