Re: Calling userspace apps from within kernel

2000-09-26 Thread Erik Andersen
On Tue Sep 26, 2000 at 03:18:54PM +1000, Daniel Walls wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if it is possible to execute a userspace application from > within the kernel (particularly binfmt_elf.c)... > something along the lines of execl()... > > If so, what is the name of the function used

Re: Calling userspace apps from within kernel

2000-09-26 Thread Erik Andersen
On Tue Sep 26, 2000 at 03:18:54PM +1000, Daniel Walls wrote: Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to execute a userspace application from within the kernel (particularly binfmt_elf.c)... something along the lines of execl()... If so, what is the name of the function used to do

Calling userspace apps from within kernel

2000-09-25 Thread Daniel Walls
Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to execute a userspace application from within the kernel (particularly binfmt_elf.c)... something along the lines of execl()... If so, what is the name of the function used to do this? *an aside: It would be very useful for newbies like myself to

Calling userspace apps from within kernel

2000-09-25 Thread Daniel Walls
Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to execute a userspace application from within the kernel (particularly binfmt_elf.c)... something along the lines of execl()... If so, what is the name of the function used to do this? *an aside: It would be very useful for newbies like myself to