Re: A86: Hooking interrupt idea
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Re: A86: Hooking interrupt idea
> Actually, the mouse _isn't_ a polled device (i.e. the mouse driver only
> gets called when the mouse moves, or a button is pressed, etc.). That's the
> whole point of interrupts, you don't have to check a device however many
> gazillion times a second. So the interrupts on the 86 would be more like a
> timer interrupt. Although that's kind of beside the point...
Thank you for correcting me and giving us that little bit of useless
knowledge. :)