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by **mkri..** » Thu, 18 May 2000 04:00:00

i'm working on a developmental network driver, and i've been reading up
on rubini and examining 3c509.c, etc.

while the ultimate goal is an interrupt based driver, for target
specific reasons, i won't be able to use interrupts to start with, and
so need to use polling. in chapter 14, "interrupt-driven operation"
rubini actually alludes to the fact that some kernel drivers do use
polling, but unfortunately doesn't go into any more detail.

can anyone give me some pointers on how i would go about this, or which
kernel sources to check out?

thanks in advance.

--mk

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by **Rick Ell** » Sat, 20 May 2000 04:00:00

>i'm working on a developmental network driver, and i've been reading up
>on rubini and examining 3c509.c, etc.

>while the ultimate goal is an interrupt based driver, for target
>specific reasons, i won't be able to use interrupts to start with, and
>so need to use polling. in chapter 14, "interrupt-driven operation"
>rubini actually alludes to the fact that some kernel drivers do use
>polling, but unfortunately doesn't go into any more detail.

>can anyone give me some pointers on how i would go about this, or which
>kernel sources to check out?

Take a look at the lp driver.

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polling device drivers?

polling device drivers?

polling device drivers?