Re: Interrupt handlers in NetBSD 5.0

[Mindaugas Rasiukevicius <rmind%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky%c2i.net@localhost> wrote:
> I have a quick question:
> 
> How are interrupt handlers implemented in NetBSD 5.0?
> 

It looks like you are interested in software interrupts. They are described
in softint(9) manual page.

> Are the interrupt handlers deferred to an interrupt thread so that locking 
> a kernel mutex from within the interrupt handler is allowed?

Yes, mutex(9) could be used from soft interrupt handlers.

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Best regards,
Mindaugas