Re: [newbie] timer in module

Le Fri, 18 May 2001 13:43:21 +0100 (BST) Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a ecrit : > > I've no experience of a regularly call that let the hand to the module. > > My aim is to do a get data call every x seconds (x is variable). > > init_timer() > add_timer() > del_timer() > > are

Re: [newbie] timer in module

Le Fri, 18 May 2001 08:32:33 -0400 (EDT) Bart Trojanowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a ecrit : > On Fri, 18 May 2001, sebastien person wrote: > > > I have a network module that need to regularly get data from network > > adaptater. > > But I don't know if it sa

[newbie] timer in module

Début du message transféré : Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 11:39:30 +0200 From: sebastien person <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Bart Trojanowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [newbie] timer in module (fwd) Le Mon, 21 May 2001 19:35:25 -0400 (EDT) Bart Trojanowski <[EMAIL PROT

[timer] max timeout

Hi, is there a max timeout to respect when I use mod_timer ? or add_timer ? Is it bad to do the following call ? mod_timer(&timer, jiffies+(0.1*HZ)); that might fire the timer 1/10 second later. Thanks. sebastien person - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "un

Re: [timer] max timeout

Le Wed, 23 May 2001 16:58:15 +0200 (MET DST) Andrzej Krzysztofowicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a ecrit : > "sebastien person wrote:" > > Is it bad to do the following call ? > > > > mod_timer(&timer, jiffies+(0.1*HZ)); > > Yes, it is bad. Don'

changes betwwen 2.2 | 2.4

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[2.2 -> 2.4] serial port

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RSVP & linux

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PROC under 2.4

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netif_start_queue

Linux Device driver book 2nd edition ? and does it deal about porting 2.2 to 2.4 driver ? sebastien person - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.h

net.agent ?

d Somebody know how ensure that the ioctl call come from net.agent ? Am I obliged to handle the ioctl for compatibilty or something else ? coud I just ignore it ? I'm using redhat 7.1 kernel 2.4.2 Thanks sebastien person - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linu

[newbee] Oops

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memory allocation in a module serial network driver

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timer_list in struct net_device

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maybe silly question ?

Hi, I have compiled a 2.4 kernel (I was on 2.2) and it seems that everything went well. But when I tried uname -rs I found a 2.2 kernel ? Is it possible that the 2.4 kernel run and that uname -rs result is wrong ? what really does uname -rs , does it use proc system or maybe anything else ? Than

signal

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get data to user space from kernel

ation fault. One solution would be to pass fixed size beetween the both but it isn't the cleaner. I've heard about copy_to_user method , is it the best way ? Is there a way to create a struct in user space dynamicaly from kernel space ? thanks for any help ... sebastien person - To unsubs

[newbie] timer in module

eiving data and handle a higher layer request) thanks for any comments. sebastien person - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Ple