void __init
roller_init()
{
    /* ... */
    /* Open the softirq. Add an entry for ROLLER_SOFT_IRQ in
       the enum list in include/linux/interrupt.h */
    open_softirq(ROLLER_SOFT_IRQ, roller_analyze, NULL);
}

/* The bottom half */
void
roller_analyze()
{
    /* Analyze the waveforms and switch to polled mode if required */
}

/* The interrupt handler */
static irqreturn_t
roller_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
{
    /* Capture the wave stream */
    roller_capture();

    /* Mark softirq as pending */
    raise_softirq(ROLLER_SOFT_IRQ);

    return IRQ_HANDLED;
}