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From: Stas Sergeev <stsp@aknet.ru>
To: linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to free CPU time?
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 17:25:20 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <42F368C0.2010508@aknet.ru> (raw)

Hello.

Alain wrote:
> What is the best method to release cpu usage inside dosemu?
int 28h is known to be the most generic
way of doing this, unrelated to dosemu.
int 2fh/ax=1680h works well too.

> The problem is: I have made a program that runs in a loop checking 
> keyboard, mouse, network, etc.. It cannot call bios read key function 
> and lock there.
But it surely can (and should) call the
bios function to check the available
keystroke: int 16h/ah=1, and it will
release the CPU time too.

> If I do HLT, will it restart 
> after "interrupt"
Yes, but AFAIK dosemu won't release the
CPU cycles on hlt. Its use is not recommended.

> PS: I still have the problem below
Not reproduceable.


             reply	other threads:[~2005-08-05 13:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-08-05 13:25 Stas Sergeev [this message]
     [not found] ` <42F3BD02.7080501@pobox.com>
     [not found]   ` <42F3CE28.60107@aknet.ru>
2005-08-06  0:03     ` reinstalling Alain
2005-08-06  1:38       ` More info on Cursor problem Alain
2005-08-09  2:11         ` Cursor problem: Debugging Alain
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-07-30  9:01 Instaling Xfont Stas Sergeev
2005-08-02 20:23 ` Cursor and CVS problems Alain
2005-08-04 21:41   ` How to free CPU time? Alain

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