On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 21:15, Fundu wrote:
>>> what about Non maskable interrupts ? disabling
>>> interrupt won't have any effect on that right ?
>>
>> that really doesnt make sense by definition huh.
>> non-maskable means
>> they cant be masked.
>
> yeah thats the point. i should have elaborated more.
> then there's no guarantee that your code wont be interrupted ?

design your system properly and it wont be an issue

> typically what NMI interrupt does a embedded system have ?

it depends on the processor and the kernel configuration.  i can tell
you about the Blackfin processor, but i doubt you're using that.
-mike
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