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which library is required for the function i_disable(1)......??
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| Hi All,
There is a small problem i am facing. I am compiling a C++ program on
AIX 5.3. I am using a function i_disable(1), which is giving me error
at linking time as undefined symbole.
Please tell me which lib I hav to bring in the path to resolve the
error.
Thanks ...
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| David Schwartz 2007-07-25, 4:19 am |
| On Jul 25, 12:31 am, monty <manishgandh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
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> There is a small problem i am facing. I am compiling a C++ program on
> AIX 5.3. I am using a function i_disable(1), which is giving me error
> at linking time as undefined symbole.
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> Please tell me which lib I hav to bring in the path to resolve the
> error.
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> Thanks ...
Are you writing a device driver or kernel code of some kind? The
'i_disable' function is a kernel function that can only be called from
kernel space. Suppressing interrupts from user space would be
disastrous.
DS
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| On Jul 25, 1:09 pm, David Schwartz <dav...@webmaster.com> wrote:
> On Jul 25, 12:31 am, monty <manishgandh...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Are you writing a device driver or kernel code of some kind? The
> 'i_disable' function is a kernel function that can only be called from
> kernel space. Suppressing interrupts from user space would be
> disastrous.
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> DS
I am just giving a try to the function to analyze the behaviour. Is it
really dangerous to use??
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| Rainer Temme 2007-07-25, 8:06 am |
| monty wrote:
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> I am just giving a try to the function to analyze the behaviour. Is it
> really dangerous to use??
Depends on your definition of "dangerous" ... but if you could call
this function from userspace, you could freeze the system easily.
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