Re: Strange 8255 behavior

From: Michał Pleban <lists_at_michau.name>
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2018 14:00:24 +0200
Message-ID: <5B1D12D8.3030000@michau.name>
Hello!

André Fachat wrote:

> I find it amazing what chip designers sometimes do that really annoy the
> programmers or users. And this sometimes even means additional hardware
> so it can't be attributed to scarcity of resources  (like I guess
> clearing interrupt flags by just reading the flags....).

That's one thing. But the other thing is, creating such nasty behaviour
and *not* documenting it in the datasheet. I consulted 8255 datasheets
from several manufacturers and none mentions this.

Regards,
Michau.
Received on 2018-06-10 15:00:04

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