exception handling in kernel code

[Stanislav Sedov]

On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:15:22 -0700
John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j at resnet.uoregon.edu> mentioned:
> 
> You should make a MD API for reading these out (if one doesn't already
> exist) that handle the faulting for you, and then have your driver hook
> into this api...
> 
> I had to do something similar for accessing PCI config registers
> that don't exist and cause a fault...
>
 
Do you know some examples to look at? The problem is that i can't make
modifications in trap.c or anywhere else in src tree as such driver
isn't likely to become a part of FreeBSD kernel.

Thanks!

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Stanislav Sedov         MBSD labs, Inc.         <ssedov at mbsd.msk.ru>
Россия, Москва         http://mbsd.msk.ru

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