Re: Looking for help on kill_fasync()

[Stephane List <stephane.list@fr.alcove.com>]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 02:29:41PM +0000, Camille Labia wrote :
> 
> I am currently working on a PCI device driver that must asynchronously
> notify the user. I'm using the kill_fasync() function, but I don't
> understand how the processes that make use of the device are registered
> in the fasync_struct which is passed as first parameter. Maybe you know
> about some documentation I could take a look at ?
> 
> Thanks (a lot!) in advance.
> 
>  - C.
> 
Take a look at 

drivers/char/pc_keyb.c

to know how to use kill_fasync in kernel space.

And in user space, you should have a look at linux documentation project :
http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/lpg/node27.html

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