From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5c89fe49fff7f5b8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: jerry@jvdsys.nextjk.stuyts.nl (Jerry van Dijk) Subject: Re: IRQs and interrupt handlers Date: 1998/05/22 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 355701386 References: <356307C7.D18D062@cl.cam.ac.uk> <6k1rq4$58t@top.mitre.org> <1998May21.173539.1@eisner> <3565976A.D1B53EA9@catalina-inter.net> Organization: * JerryWare *, Leiden, Holland Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-05-22T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Chris Sparks (aka Mr. Ada) (mrada@catalina-inter.net) wrote: : He feels that since Windows95 is a single user system, he should be able to : write ISRs. I'm not sure what the one has to do with the other... or with his feelings :-) : He has a specific need with a card he is using and needs to be : able to write an ISR for it. He might have this specific need, but he still will not be able to do so since there is no such thing as an ISR in a WinXX environment. The only way will be to write a device driver. Personally I feel that ISR's are a poor excuse for a proper device driver. : As it is, he will resort to using "C" tools that will : enable him to set up the handlers for his board's interrupt. It is a shame : that he couldn't do this with GNAT. Well, I am most curious which C tools he is using. If it can be done in C, it can be done in Ada too. Jerry. -- -- Jerry van Dijk | email: jdijk@acm.org -- Leiden, Holland | member Team-Ada