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@@ -97,9 +97,10 @@ and have the following read/write attributes:
poll(2) will return whenever the interrupt was triggered. If
you use poll(2), set the events POLLPRI and POLLERR. If you
use select(2), set the file descriptor in exceptfds. After
- poll(2) returns, either lseek(2) to the beginning of the sysfs
- file and read the new value or close the file and re-open it
- to read the value.
+ poll(2) returns, use pread(2) to read the value at offset
+ zero. Alternatively, either lseek(2) to the beginning of the
+ sysfs file and read the new value or close the file and
+ re-open it to read the value.
"edge" ...
reads as either "none", "rising", "falling", or