... 2nd Edition June 2001 . ... Overall Control of Interrupts . ... Installing an Interrupt Handler . ... Interrupt Sharing . ... Linux handles interrupts in much the same way that it handles signals in user space. For the most part, a driver need only register a handler for its device's interrupts, and handle them properly when they arrive. ... The interrupt handler can be installed either at driver initialization or when the device is first opened. ... Back to: Linux Device Drivers, 2nd Edition . ...