<<On Wed, 01 Sep 1999 16:47:36 -0600, Warner Losh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

[I wrote:]
> : 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.

> So does that mean if we do disable them at the PIC level we'll be OK?

No, it means if you disable [interrupts] at the PIC level it will have
no effect on whether or not the system resumes immediately, since they
don't go through the PIC to get to the BIOS.

-GAWollman

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