Re: Is it useful to support user level drivers

Pavel Machek (pavel@suse.cz)
Fri, 29 Jun 2001 00:52:00 +0200


Hi!

> > 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

...*IF* you know how to clear it. THat differs device-to-device.
Pavel

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