Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Is it useful to support user level drivers | Date | Thu, 21 Jun 2001 12:04:34 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> level drivers (via ioperm, etc). However interrupts > at user level are not supported, does anyone think > it would be a good idea to add user level interrupt > support ? I have a framework for it, but it still > needs > a lot of work.
The problem is that the IRQ has to be cleared in kernel space, because otherwise you may deadlock.
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