On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 02:52, Parmenides <mobile.parmeni...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > In i8259.c, there is an odd funciton definition as follows: > > asmlinkage void IRQ0x01_interrupt(); > __asm__( ...);
you mean asmlinkage thing? here's the explanation: http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ/asmlinkage And if you ask about __asm__, that's, AFAIK, a way to directly embed assembly instruction into your C code. -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecar...@nl.linux.org Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ