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| author | Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> | 2009-07-21 20:06:47 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> | 2009-07-21 20:06:47 +0200 |
| commit | ee171038e27e5288e6606f8affb20faabd6daf40 (patch) | |
| tree | 44cbc2188176ab7ca16e4da776e3b0029c148730 /open_issues/user-space_device_drivers.mdwn | |
| parent | 4330627c10314d5495b7e93989b2a608d705de09 (diff) | |
open_issues/user-space_device_drivers: Event objects.
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diff --git a/open_issues/user-space_device_drivers.mdwn b/open_issues/user-space_device_drivers.mdwn index 43795705..33e75942 100644 --- a/open_issues/user-space_device_drivers.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/user-space_device_drivers.mdwn @@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ Also see [[device drivers and IO systems]]. * *Omega0* paper defines an interface. + * As is can be read in the *Mach 3 Kernel Principles*, there is an *event + object* facility in Mach that can be used for having user-space tasks react + to IRQs. However, at least in GNU Mach, that code (`kern/eventcount.c`) + doesn't seem functional at all and isn't integrated properly in the kernel. + ## DMA * Security considerations. |