Re: followup to apm problems.

[Mike Smith]

> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Nate Williams writes:
> : > I think we need to set the interrupt mask to 0 in the PIC.
> : 
> : I don't think makes any difference, since the APM Bios is in charge of
> : what happens at this point, and the BIOS is below the level of the OS.
> : 
> 
> The theory is that no more interrupts would come in.  However, I think
> there is another reason that you might be right....  "Standby" needs
> to be able to wakeup on keyboard events, which needs interrupts
> enabled...

Actually, that's almost entirely system-dependant.  The BIOS may well 
poll the keyboard controller/USB controller, for example.

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