On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Ole Loots <ole@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello venkatram ajmeera > > venkatram ajmeera schrieb: >> >> Hai I am interested in learing linux kernel internal thouroughly >> >> How the interrupt is handled by linux Kernel. >> When interrupts occur, the registered interrupt handler is called blocking all the interrupts on that specific interrupt line.(behavior depends on the flag you use while registering handler). They can be processed in two halves. First half is used to perform acknowledgements etc...and second halves or bottom halves does the rest of the processing. Depends on the use. Linux kernel Development, Robert Love, is the best for interrupts. > > That's hardware dependant. Not only the Hardware is involved, also the kind > of interrupt is involved. I don't know the difference between interrupts > handlers that only return IRQ_HANDLED as return value and interrupt handlers > that also return other values... >> >> And suggest me a good book/articles for interrupt in detail(how the >> registres get involves and flags get changes). >> > > That strongly depends on which processor you use. > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
