Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 21 Jun 2001 05:43:37 -0700 (PDT) | From | Balbir Singh <> | Subject | Re: Is it useful to support user level drivers |
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--- Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote: > The problem is that the IRQ has to be cleared in > kernel space, because otherwise > you may deadlock. >
I agree, the idea is to clear the IRQ in kernel space and then deliver to user level programs interested using a signal (Real time SIGINT or something similar) If somebody is interested I could in sometime come up with what I have in mind and send it to this list, accept comments and criticism.
Balbir
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