Subject: Re: i386 isa interrupt latency
To: Chris G Demetriou <Chris_G_Demetriou@BALVENIE.PDL.CS.CMU.EDU>
From: David Brownlee <D.K.Brownlee@city.ac.uk>
List: port-i386
Date: 07/12/1995 12:16:03
On Wed, 12 Jul 1995, Chris G Demetriou wrote:
> to my mind, if a "multiple input" routine is going to be created, it
> should completely replace the old "single input" routine. it's not
> very much extra work at all, to pass a pointer and a constant, than to
> pass a variable, and it relieves the need to maintain two both
> functions.
>
> that's a much more 'sweeping' change, though...
>
But it need not be any more disruptive...
Once a "multiple input" routine is working it would be trivial to
write a "single input wrapper" routine that uses it - then the
source tree can be gradually moved across.
Or better still, put the "multiple input" interface in now as a
wrapper to the existing code, and tell everyone to start using it
and that the 'old' interface will be going away in the future...
Ok - so I've just stated the obvious :) - but I agree with Chris
that it would be the Right Thing to do... (and should be planned
for now).
David
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