Re: a simple question

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On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 06:37:56PM -0400, Bloch, Jack wrote:
> I am a relatively new Linux Hacker (< 6 months). I and a colleague have
> created a Compact PCI embedded system for which we developed some specific
> HW. In my device driver, it is possible that the HW will trigger an
> interrupt for a special case. In this case I want to halt the Linux OS. How
> can I do this from within my ISR?

Halt?  Like stop everything completly?

If so, take a look at how kdb works when you use it to interrupt the
kernel.  That should be what you need to do too.

Hope this helps,

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