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|    Joe Monk to All    |
|    Re: drivers    |
|    10 Jul 21 04:08:46    |
      From: joemonk64@gmail.com              > I don't know if plugging in a USB device causes an interrupt,       > but if it does, the BIOS/UEFI gets control and does its stuff,       > and then informs the OS via an agreed interrupt that the OS       > hooked in to that there is a new device available?              The OS comes first in the interrupt chain, not the hardware. The OS will trap       the interrupt, especially in PM.              See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/devio/wm-devicechange              Joe              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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