netlink sockets will definitely work if you need some help regarding netlink socket let me know
ilya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: hello, according to this article: http://lwn.net/Articles/149807/ configfs and sysfs are practically the same thing. i think i am going to give netlink sockets a try instead, if that won't work i'll stick w/ sysfs. thank you for your reply. -- ilya On 8/9/07, pradeep singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/9/07, ilya wrote: > > hello, > > > [...] > > > > i have a feeling, however, that i am abusing this method. > > what is the appropriate way of setting this up? is there > > a way for the module to notify an application of some > > event happening? because right now i do this by > > constantly reading from one of the files in sysfs until > > the value it holds changes. i also know that reading > > files from kernel-mode is not a good thing, but i want > > to implement something of a config file that can be > > modified from user-space but would be read in by > > the module. what is the best way of doing this? > > Not sure whether this is the best way or not but i guess you should > have a look at config fs too. AFAIR it is used to send notifications > from kernel to userspace in a cleaner way. > > Does this solves your problem somehow? > > thanks > > > > any info is much appreciated. > > > > -- ilya > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > > > > > > -- > play the game > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ --------------------------------- Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today!
