APIC and DOS

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APIC and DOS

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Hello Gurus,
I'm assuming DOS is not not aware of APIC. How is a timer ISR working
in DOS which would have setup the 8259 PIC and hooked its handler to IRQ0?
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Re: APIC and DOS

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sawdust wrote:Hello Gurus,
I'm assuming DOS is not not aware of APIC. How is a timer ISR working
in DOS which would have setup the 8259 PIC and hooked its handler to IRQ0?
I don't understand your question. Please elaborate. Also, have you checked the Wiki?


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Post by Combuster »

IIRC DOS does not need any IRQs directly - the timer interrupt is still handled by the bios.
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