From: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>
To: Raman S <raman_s_@hotmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: int 0x40
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 12:47:33 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C485FB5.FC5CB8C3@didntduck.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <F49lHiu3fQtYdVzDpub0001e2cc@hotmail.com>
Raman S wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I relatively new to the kernel and am trying to understand how the linux
> kernel handles interrupts. For this I attempted to
> create an int 0x40 by adding a set_system_gate(64, &system_call) in traps.c.
> I verfied by giving out print statements within set_system_gate that 64 is
> being set during initialization (though it isnt a surprise that it is being
> set). But when i give an int 0x40 in a user level assembly program I get
> segmentation fault, (a SIGSEGV signal is sent to the process). I have tried
> adding another function in entry.S called my_system_call and reproducing the
> code in system_call with a jmp ret_from_sys_call at the end. Also tried
> giving an empty C function for my_system_call all with the same result.
The IRQ setup code is probably overwriting it. You'll need to make the
code in i8259.c skip over vector 0x40 as well as SYSCALL_VECTOR (0x80).
--
Brian Gerst
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-01-18 17:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-01-18 16:26 int 0x40 Raman S
2002-01-18 17:02 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-01-18 17:47 ` Brian Gerst [this message]
2002-01-18 18:15 ` Richard B. Johnson
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2002-01-18 19:47 Raman S
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