Subject: Re: problems with interrupts
To: Chris G Demetriou <Chris_G_Demetriou@balvenie.pdl.cs.cmu.edu>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-sparc
Date: 09/21/1995 20:18:54
On Thu, 21 Sep 1995 21:56:18 -0400 
 Chris G Demetriou <Chris_G_Demetriou@BALVENIE.PDL.CS.CMU.EDU> wrote:

 > > I've been working on the zs driver. And I've made some extensive
 > > changes. But, the problem that I'm running into that the interrupt
 > > framework is severely broken. The whole framework is not general
 > > enough. And there are several places where things happen but the
 > > system crashes because the kernel isn't properly protecting itself.
 > 
 > what are "things"?  how is it "not general enough"?

Yah .. I agree with chris ... what exactly do you mean?  I've hacked 
sparc stuff before ... the interrupt system seems pretty general ....

Can you be specific?

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