On 9/16/05, Timur Tabi <timur.tabi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Can I use the schedule() function to suspend my driver to allow a user-space process to > run? I have an application that simulates my hardware, and it runs with 100% CPU. It > polls on a memory buffer to see if the driver has written any data to this. Yes, it's > inefficient, but it has the advantage of completely de-coupling the driver from the simulator. Can you explain what you are doing ??? like how u are sharing buffer b/w user/kernel space, whats the method of polling b/c you are saying completely de-coupling the driver from the simulator ??? > > Sometimes the driver needs to pause to allow the simulator to run. Can I use the > schedule() function for this? If I call schedule() in my driver, what can I do to make > sure that my user process runs before schedule() returns? > Whats your driver do ??? Is it working constantly means in a loop ?? b/c mostly driver fucntions are call-backed from the kernel side !!! and if your driver is doing work in thread then you might be doing schedule already !!! -- Fawad Lateef -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
