Hi,

I am trying to write a kernel module that services IRQ 7. I look in one of my trusty HW books and this corresponds to interrupt 0x0f. However, when I call it using:

asm("int 0x0f");

from my test application, I get a "Segmentation fault". But when I substitute 0x80 for the interrupt, I don't get a Segmentation fault. I can load and unload the module fine and it appears in the /proc/interrupts table.

I am running Red Hat 9 upgraded to kernel 2.6.7.


module code
---------------
static irqreturn_t irq_handler(int irq, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
return IRQ_HANDLED;
}

static int mydriver_init(void)
{
return request_irq(7, irq_handler, SA_INTERRUPT, "mydriver", NULL);
}

static void mydriver_exit(void)
{
free_irq(7, NULL);
}

module_init(mydriver_init);
module_exit(mydriver_exit);


app code
-----------
int main(void)
{
asm("int $0x0f");
return 0;
}


Thanks

hardware interrupts and software interrupts are two different things. when u use the int instruction, taht is a software interrupt. int 0x80 for example is the entry point for system calls. it runs the exception handler, not interrupt handler, at slot 0x80. i dont think u can send yourself hardware interrupts.