On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Bob Ammerman wrote:

> >
> > This works for the case when the interrupt can modify in the middle of an
> > access. Similar logic exists for writing to a variable (instead of just
> reading
> > it in the main task). But I agree with Andy K, I'd be inclined to throw
> DI/EI
> > around the critical sections.
> >
> >
> > Scott
>
> Ah, but Scott, the whole point is: sometimes you CANNOT disable interrupts
> due to real-time requirements (ie: fast response and/or zero jitter) of
> interrupt handling code.

Okay. btw, there's an error in my code. It's very subtle... But there's a race
condition (that's easily fixed)

Scott

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