Re: Regarding installing Linux kernel for first time

2010-09-16 Thread Kaustubh Ashtekar
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Rags Linux wrote: > Hi All, > > I am installing linux from kernel.org for first time. Here are my questions: > > * Is it possible to install linux on my PC without having Linux? (I have > only windows) Yes. You can. But not source tarball you got from kernel.org.

Re: Embedded Linux development Board

2010-08-29 Thread Kaustubh Ashtekar
Try hawkboard ... http://www.hawkboard.org/ On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 10:24 PM, inderjeet kalra wrote: > Yes James. > Actually I want to buy a embedded ARM/Linux board where i can develop > understanding of uboot and linux drivers like > (I2c,PCI,SPI,FLASH,Ethernet ). Please suggest the board where

Re: why is it necessary that irqs are disabled to preempt?

2010-08-16 Thread Kaustubh Ashtekar
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 8:49 PM, Rik van Riel wrote: > On 08/16/2010 03:48 AM, Parmenides wrote: > >>     if (!current_thread_info->preempt_count&&  !irqs_disabled()) { >>         current_thread_info->preempt_count = PREEMPT_ACTIVE; >>         schedule(); >>         current_thread_info->preempt_co

Re: How does kernel know the IRQ of a device loaded dynamically

2010-08-12 Thread Kaustubh Ashtekar
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Mulyadi Santosa wrote: > Hi Parmenides > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 20:28, Parmenides wrote: >> Hi, >> >> For some traditional devices, such as floppy, keyboard, etc, the IRQ >> is static, and their drivers know corresponding IRQs to register their >> ISR. Whil

Re: Hooking into kernel by overriding internal functions

2010-08-03 Thread Kaustubh Ashtekar
Is it happening that printk is being called recursively because of your injection and subsequently calling printk from the same function? Kaustubh On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Kamyar Mohajerani wrote: > Hello everyone, > This is my first message to the KernelNewbies mailing list, so please >

Re: can we execute c shell cmd in c function?

2010-08-03 Thread Kaustubh Ashtekar
Try using the system function Check this: man 3 system -Kaustubh On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:39 PM, loody wrote: > Dear all: > Can I execute c shell in my c function call? > suppose I want to mount some device before I try to open it. > Appreciate your help, > miloody > > -- > To unsubscribe from