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- From: andre2@dds.nl (Andre Broers)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: GNU Interrupts
- Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1996 20:49:45 GMT
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- schumaker@tigger.jvnc.net (Schumaker) wrote:
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- >I've just made the change from MSDOS/Windows to LINUX. Along with this switch
- >I've had to change C compilers. I'm now using GCC. I do a lot of hard
- >interfacing and graphics work and need to be able to control certain
- >interrupts and have access to ports. But I can't for the life of me find any
- >library included with linux that will let me do this. Are there any
- >available?, does linux allow you to call interrupts?, is there one included
- >which I haven't found?
-
- >any info would be greatly appreciated.
-
- Linux doesn't use interrupts. Everything you wanna get done must be
- done by calling system calls or writing your own device drivers into
- the kernel.
- If you us graphics, you can use the SVGAlib that's on sunsite.
-
- TTYL
- Andre2@dds.nl
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