Re: process execution from libc

2018-02-12 Thread Norman Feske
Hi Ben, On 11.02.2018 00:43, Nobody III wrote: > I definitely like the idea of integrating noux functionality into libc. > The most obvious barrier that I see is Genode's recursive structure and > the comparatively flat POSIX structure. In particular, there is no way > (AFAIK) for a process to cre

Re: Individual file access

2018-02-12 Thread Norman Feske
Hi Ben, On 11.02.2018 02:12, Nobody III wrote: > In order to make the VFS sufficiently dynamic, it seems that the > Dir_file_system code just needs more sophisticated code to handle config > updates. Am I correct? Yes. > As for my VFS plugin, I need a way for it to access the rest of the VFS, >

Re: Question regarding #define

2018-02-12 Thread Norman Feske
Hi Stefan, On 12.02.2018 19:20, Stefan wrote: > How can one set a special preprocessor #define for a .cc file without > touching the code? > > Is there a possibility to set the #define in the .mk-file? you can use the -D command-line argument for the compiler, which you can pass via the 'CC_OP

Question regarding #define

2018-02-12 Thread Stefan
Hello all, I’m trying to port a library to Genode and would like to set a specific preprocessor #define. The source is situated in contrib/TheSource and there is a source directory under repos/libports/src/lib/TheSource but I do not see the connection between those. How can one set a special

residual data in dataspaces

2018-02-12 Thread Boris Mulder
Hello, We often use cryptographic data such as keys in our code. Some of these data are provided by a component that reads them from a file or from user input. Other components use these keys to encrypt or decrypt data such as network traffic, or maybe other keys. For example, a component asks a