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wait queues, Introduction to Sleeping, Manual sleeps, The Underlying Data Structure, Quick Reference, Quick Reference, Timeouts

delaying code execution, Timeouts

poll table entries and, The Underlying Data Structure

putting processes into, Quick Reference

wait_event macro, Simple Sleeping

wait_event_interruptible_timeout function, Timeouts

wake_up function, Simple Sleeping, Exclusive waits, Quick Reference, Quick Reference

wake_up_interruptible function, Quick Reference

wake_up_interruptible_sync function, Quick Reference

wake_up_sync function, Quick Reference

Wall flag, Interface-Specific Types

watchdog_timeo field (net_device structure), Utility Fields, Transmission Timeouts

wc command, Debugging by Watching

wMaxPacketSize field (USB), Endpoints

workqueues, Workqueues–The Shared Queue, Workqueues, Workqueues

interrupt handlers, Workqueues

WQ_FLAG_EXCLUSIVE flag set, Exclusive waits

write function (tty drivers), Flow of Data

write method, File Operations, The file Structure, The write Method, The write Method, Debugging by Watching, Oops Messages, Writing to the device, Writing to the device, Talking to the DMA controller

code for, The write Method

configuring DMA controller, Talking to the DMA controller

f_pos field (file structure) and, The file Structure

oops messages, Oops Messages

poll method and, Writing to the device

return values, rules for interpreting, The write Method

select method and, Writing to the device

strace command and, Debugging by Watching

write system, File Operations

write-buffering example, A Write-Buffering Example

writev calls, readv and writev

writev method, File Operations

writing, Version Numbering, Doing It in User Space, The write Method, Debugging Techniques, Device Control Without ioctl, Blocking and Nonblocking Operations, Writing a USB Driver–Submitting and Controlling a Urb

blocking/nonblocking operations, Blocking and Nonblocking Operations

control sequences to devices, Device Control Without ioctl

to a device, The write Method

drivers, Version Numbering, Doing It in User Space

in user space, Doing It in User Space

version numbering, Version Numbering

UBS drivers, Writing a USB Driver–Submitting and Controlling a Urb