In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Garrett Wollman writes:
><<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.
And these interrupts will take as much as 50usec to service...
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