On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 11:06 AM, erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote:
> the one that you didn't mention is the one that bothers me: smm mode. > this has been around for a very long time. smm mode takes a special > interrupt and takes over the cpu and runs some real-mode code. things > like ps/2 emulation for usb mice and keyboards rely on smm mode. > this can really blow up your timing, if you have timing constraints. don't worry, SMM mode is going to keep getting more and more heavily used. Oh, wait, that's a bad thing. oh well. ron
