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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!teetot.acusd.edu!cs6a21 From: cs6a21@teetot.acusd.edu () Subject: HELP on interrupts Message-ID: <1994Feb12.193203.26464@teetot.acusd.edu> Sender: news@teetot.acusd.edu (Allen ) Organization: University of San Diego Date: Sat, 12 Feb 94 19:32:03 GMT Lines: 10 Can anyone recommend some good books on learning about interrupts? I would apprecite it if you could answer the following questions. 1. Can timer interrupts be ignored? If so, wouldn't the system time be messed up? 2. If an interrupt is not serviced when the interrupt flag is clear, is the interrupt lost, or is it to be serviced later? Amy