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From: Avi Kivity <avi@argo.co.il>
To: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de
Subject: Re: Userspace I/O driver core
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:46:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45812B83.90006@argo.co.il> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1166091570.27217.983.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org>

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


  reply	other threads:[~2006-12-14 10:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-12-14  1:06 Userspace I/O driver core Greg KH
2006-12-14  5:48 ` Ben Nizette
2006-12-14  9:44 ` Avi Kivity
2006-12-14 10:19   ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-12-14 10:46     ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2006-12-14 10:54       ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-12-14 10:56         ` Avi Kivity
2006-12-14 17:54           ` Greg KH
2006-12-16 14:48     ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2006-12-14 10:25   ` Hans-Jürgen Koch
2006-12-14 10:48     ` Avi Kivity
2006-12-14 12:39       ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-12-14 13:38         ` Avi Kivity
2006-12-14 17:48           ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-12-14 18:00       ` Greg KH
2006-12-14 10:52 ` Alan
2006-12-14 11:22   ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-12-14 11:39     ` Alan
2006-12-14 11:37       ` Hans-Jürgen Koch
2006-12-14 12:45         ` Alan
2006-12-14 12:37 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-12-14 16:10 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-12-14 21:55   ` Ben Nizette

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