> 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...
Since in the context that we're discussing the system is asleep, I can't
actually see how this is in any way relevant...
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