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Hi! > > /run A stub file that lets us do ioctl. The only ioctl > > method we need is the spu_run() call. spu_run suspends > > the current thread from the host CPU and transfers > > the flow of execution to the SPU. > > The ioctl call return to the calling thread when a state > > is entered that can not be handled by the kernel, e.g. > > an error in the SPU code or an exit() from it. > > When a signal is pending for the host CPU thread, the > > ioctl is interrupted and the SPU stopped in order to > > call the signal handler. > > ioctl's are generally considered evil ... what about a write() method > writing a command ? That's even more evil than ioctl()... Try doing 32-vs-64bit conversion on write... Pavel -- Boycott Kodak -- for their patent abuse against Java. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||
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