Re: exception-handlers

From: Måns Rullgård (mru_at_mru.ath.cx)
Date: 10/03/04

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    "Scott J. McCaughrin" <sjmccaug@bluestem.prairienet.org> writes:

    > Does Linux have a way to let me trap the real-time interrupt
    > for INT 4Ah (the user-definable alarm responding to INT 70h
    > RTC signals), so I can install my own handler in user-mode?

    Does writing a kernel module qualify as a way? 

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Måns Rullgård
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