Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Feb 2000 18:08:53 +0000 (GMT) | From | Matthew Kirkwood <> | Subject | Re: newbie : bottom half |
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On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, ejc wrote:
> > What is a "bottom half " ? > > You've probably gotten a dozen responses in private, but in case you > haven't; Go buy Rubini's book "Linux Device Drivers" (O'Reilly & > Associates, Inc.) An updated version is in the works, but the version > that is out will explain much more than just bottom halves. Anyone > recommend other good resources on this?
"The Linux Kernel" is well worth a read:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/tlk/tlk.html
See chapter 11 ("Kernel mechanisms") for an explanation of bottom halves.
Matthew.
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