Good info for sharing. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: StephanT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 2:38 AM Subject: Re: Please suggest a way to synchronize tasklets. To: Peter Teoh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi Peter, Thanks for the example. >>> H/W will signal the occurrence of the interrupt condition by raising a bit >>> in some register. As long as this bit is up the interrupt fires endlessly. >> >> to solve this problem, (for Intel x86 processor), when it goes into >> interrupt mode, all external interrupt are disable via hardware. The problem is not __IN__ the _interrupt_ mode_. The problem is when you get out from there "rti" and the same interrupt fires again. It is for that I need to shut-down this source for the time I deal with. Have a nice day, /st -- Regards, Peter Teoh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
