* Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070503 19:16]:
> The concept of code not under the control of the operating system is
> frightening some low-latency audio/video folks. If the operating system
> uses some operations heavily which trigger SMM execution, extended
> periods of switched off interrupts may result.
Yes, anyone doing real time systems has a problem with this.
> OTOH, systems which need SMM should probably not be used anyway if
> latency is critical.
They can not. This is the reason a lot of people are using LinuxBIOS
rather than legacy bios.
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