Need to generate a periodic s/w interrupt

Submitted by virtualspy3
on October 23, 2007 - 3:28pm

Hi,

I am implementing a kernel module where I need to generate a periodic software interrupt that invokes my ISR every few 100 millisecs. My driver is supposed to work with a periodic h/w interrupt but the h/w is not ready yet so I need to generate a dummy interrupt. Can I make used of the rtc or kernel timers doing this? If so, how exactly can I do this??

Thanks.