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.

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Mulyadi Santosa
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