> Hi all!
>
> .. and a cool blinkenlight-thing attached to the parallel port
>
> I think this lockup can be blamed on the cli() and sti() thing, a little
> code fragment follows:
>
> ----8<----
> sti ();
> #if NUMLIGHTS==4
> lights = ((port_in (PORT) & ((256 - (1 << (2 + NUMLIGHTS))))) | lights);
> #else
> lights = ((port_in (PORT) & ((256 - (1 << (NUMLIGHTS))))) | lights);
> #endif
> port_out (PORT, lights);
> cli ();
> ----8<----
>
If cli was last, you halted the kernel. Don't do that!
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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