George Kumar wrote: > Hi, > My apologies for asking such a basic question. Could anyone enlighten me > regarding linux x86 interrupt handling mechanism. Basically how does the > kernel get notified about interrupt. The role of interrupt controller etc... See if this helps: http://tldp.org/LDP/tlk/dd/interrupts.html -- -jdr- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs