The way I had prototyped it only requires minor changes to the current libcpc
structure support. All the underlying functionality and code are already in
the kernel.
1. All the cpc data structures are already available. Only addition to support
buffering is adding the buffer array into the st
Since this case can be categorized as a synchronous event, that one can read
the 'unfilled' buffer at anytime, it is simple enough to add an interface to
read and cleanup the buffer as though the buffer was full and interrupt given.
Thanks,
William
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In response to the question of what happens if the buffer never overflows. One
will not get an interrupt if the buffer does not overflow. In this case, the
event being monitored is very rare or the application being monitored has a
very short execution time. In either case, the overhead of th
