Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:54:12 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Michiel Overtoom <michiel@motoom.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hooking a kernelmodule-function into a timer interrupt Message-ID: <20071121085412.GM50167@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <200711200051.45420.michiel@motoom.org> References: <200711200051.45420.michiel@motoom.org>
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--mojUlQ0s9EVzWg2t Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 12:51:45AM +0100, Michiel Overtoom wrote: >second. If would be nice if it gets called at the kern.clockrate. I have= no=20 >clear idea how to proceed, I suspect I have to install a pointer to my=20 >conversion function into some list of functions which get called each cloc= k=20 >tick, but I don't know where, or how. Any tips would be very welcome. I presume that the exact rate is not critical. My suggestion would be to create a kernel thread (see kthread(9)) that uses a callout (see timeout(9)) to wake it every tick. --=20 Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour. --mojUlQ0s9EVzWg2t Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHQ/I0/opHv/APuIcRAiV8AJ4lACTlkygljcbnETwHVwJ80abI3ACdHwvP aAVJvIGCdkjebPOEaMXr2SU= =td4p -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mojUlQ0s9EVzWg2t--
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