Linux X86 interrupt handling

Hi,

My apologies for asking such a basic question. Could anyone enlighten me
regarding linux x86 interrupt handling mechanism. Basically how does the
kernel get notified about interrupt. The role of interrupt controller etc...

thanks in advance.
George
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Re: Linux X86 interrupt handling

George Kumar wrote:

> Hi,

> My apologies for asking such a basic question. Could anyone enlighten me
> regarding linux x86 interrupt handling mechanism. Basically how does the
> kernel get notified about interrupt. The role of interrupt controller etc...

See if this helps: http://tldp.org/LDP/tlk/dd/interrupts.html


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