From: Rob Snel <snel AT tpd DOT tno DOT nl>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: TCP communication without interrupt masking?
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1997 19:11:50 +0100
Organization: Delft University of Technology
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LS,
The intention is to create an clock-interrupt driven real-time program
(1KHz updates). I would like this program to communicate with the
outside world via TCP in the background-loop in order to monitor the
proces and download new setpoints. My fear is that the required
packetdriver/networkcard allso generate interrupts and probably (worse)
even masks the clock-interrupt. Is this reality????

Are there any packetdrivers which operate without interrupts?
Is it possible to switch a packet driver on and off?
Rob

snel AT tpd DOT tno DOT nl