Re: Is it useful to support user level drivers

Alan Cox
2001-06-21T13:28:16Z

> I agree, the idea is to clear the IRQ in kernel space
> and then deliver to user level programs interested
> using a signal (Real time SIGINT or something similar)
> If somebody is interested I could in sometime come
> up with what I have in mind and send it to this list,
> accept comments and criticism.

I think you should yes. The XFree86 people for one are trying to find a way
to handle vertical blank interrupts nicely