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Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 20:55:10 -0500
From: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
To: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@arm.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: User mode drivers: part 1, interrupt handling (patch for 2.6.11)
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       Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
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On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 10:11:18 -0700 (MST), Zwane Mwaikambo
<zwane@arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> Alan's proposal sounds very plausible and additionally if we find that
> we have an irq line screaming we could use the same supplied information
> to disable userspace interrupt handled devices first.

I like it too and it would help Xen. Now we just need to modify 800
device drivers to use it.

>         Zwane
> 

-- 
Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@gmail.com
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