linux-kernel - Re: Userspace I/O driver core

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Message-ID: <45812B83.90006@argo.co.il>
Date:	Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:46:27 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...o.co.il>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
CC:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: Userspace I/O driver core

Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>> I understand one still has to write a kernel driver to shut up the irq.  
>> How about writing a small bytecode interpreter to make event than 
>> unnecessary?
>>     
>
> if you do that why not do a real driver.
>
>   

An entire driver in bytecode? that means exposing the entire kernel API 
to the bytecode interpreter.  A monumental task.

Or did I misunderstand you?


-- 
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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