> > > > 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. > -mike yeah thats the point. i should have elaborated more. then there's no guarantee that your code wont be interrupted ? typically what NMI interrupt does a embedded system have ? fundu -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-embedded" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html