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someonenearHim
April 7, 2002, 06:22 am
Hello,
What is the differnce between the Interrupt Requests(IRQs) we use in C or C++(using geninterrupt function) or Assembly(using int command) and the IRQs assigned to various devices like Display Adapters or Modems ?Do they differ in function and how ?Where can i get more inf about it ?
Thanks.
manunkind
April 7, 2002, 09:18 pm
Welcome to HFT!

I'm moving this to the <a href="http://www.helpfromtechs.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=14&DaysPrune=60" target="_blank">Programming Forum</a>. You'll get alot more help in there.

Good Luck..
MikeFoster
April 9, 2002, 02:06 am
Hi someonenearHim,

You're talking about the difference between hardware and software interrupts. Here's a <a href="http://www.xs4all.nl/~smit/asm03001.htm" target="_blank">good explanation</a>.