Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 01:36:33 +1030 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan Sm rgrav) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: File I/O in kernel land (was: Re: 2nd warning: 2.2.6 BETA begins in 10 days!) Message-ID: <199801261506.BAA00422@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "26 Jan 1998 10:11:56 BST." <xzpk9bnfvkz.fsf@gjallarhorn.ifi.uio.no>
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> "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> writes: > > February, as is usually the custom. If you want something merged > > into the 2.2 branch in preparation for 2.2.6, DO IT NOW. > > With that in mind, I have a "bouncing logo" screen saver lkm (think > daemon_saver_mod crossed with splashkit) I'd like to submit. However, > I'd like to have the logo as a separate file rather than compile it > into the lkm, but I haven't had much luck finding out how to do file > I/O in kernel land. Could somebody give me a hint before i go berserk > and read the entire kernel source to find out? :) It's extremely tedious. You'd be better off adding an ioctl hook to the screensaver module and adding an extra console ioctl to pass commands to the screensaver. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\
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