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Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 12:04:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>
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On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, daniel sheltraw wrote:

> Hello Kernel
> 
> Is there a way to comminicate to a user-space program that an
> interrupt has occurred in a kernel module?
> 
> Thanks,
> Daniel Sheltraw

Yes, poll() or select(). Look at some character drivers in the kernel.


Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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