Re: lost interrupt and inb()

[Kristian Peters <kristian.peters@korseby.net>]

"Ana Yuseepi" <anayuseepi@asia.com> wrote:
> 
> save_flag();
> disable_interrupt();
> poll_or_read_or_get_input_from_IDE_status_register();
> enable_interrupt();
> restore_flags();

Hm. I don't know if I understand correct, but why are you disabling interrupts while reading a status register ?

Isn't it enough to do something like:

	byte stat;

	stat = GET_STAT();

	if (stat == 0x50) {
		printk("0x50 reached..\n");
	}

Or am I totally wrong here ?

*Kristian

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