On 3/20/06, Mulyadi Santosa <mulyadi.santosa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Ming... > > > We have a front panel reset which will generate an interrupt signal > > to processor and in turn the interrupt should notify an user process > > do 'shutdown' system procedures. This should be similar behavior as > > CTRL+ATL+DEL button hit and then shutdown system. > > > > What is best and fast notification mechanism to handle this ? > > Hm, not quite sure. How about using netlink? Hi Mulyadi, Can you put more light on what is netlink, or give me some pointers on this. Or, associate the interrupt > with a file descriptor, while in userspace, utilize inotify to react > when there is a change in file status? How this can be done ..... pls do explain little bit in detail. thanks, Gaurav One I also heard about user > space interrupt handling, but that requires separate kernel patches too > (I believe it is described in LWN.net, please search there) > > Hope it helps. > > regards > > Mulyadi > > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > -- -- -Gaurav Email: gauravd.chd@xxxxxxxxx --------------------------------- Read my blog at: http://lkdp.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------- -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
