Re: followup to apm problems.

[Garrett Wollman]

<<On Tue, 31 Aug 1999 15:16:48 -0700, Mike Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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

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