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Date:      Fri, 30 Jan 1998 12:25:48 -0800 (PST)
From:      Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
To:        greenc@rl.af.mil (Charles Green)
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Sending messages from a lkm
Message-ID:  <199801302025.MAA16161@bubba.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <34D2015F.60A107C5@rl.af.mil> from Charles Green at "Jan 30, 98 11:35:43 am"

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Charles Green writes:
>     I have an unusual question, I've written a loadable kernel
> module and I would like to be able to pass messages from
> the lkm to an external application. What would the most
> efficient way of doing this be?

The way that SKIP does it is by creating a new device. Then
the user code opens that device (/dev/skip) and does whatever.
Check out the SKIP port if interested in the details of how
it works: /usr/ports/security/skip.

-Archie

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