From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jan 26 21:29:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA08557 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 26 Jan 1998 21:29:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wcc.wcc.net (wcc.wcc.net [208.6.232.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA08508 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 1998 21:29:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from piquan@wcc.wcc.net) Received: from detlev.UUCP (ppp94.wcc.net [208.6.232.94]) by wcc.wcc.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA00454; Mon, 26 Jan 1998 23:26:02 -0600 (CST) Received: (from joelh@localhost) by detlev.UUCP (8.8.8/8.8.7) id XAA04108; Mon, 26 Jan 1998 23:29:27 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from joelh) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 23:29:27 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199801270529.XAA04108@detlev.UUCP> To: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no CC: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: (dag-erli@ifi.uio.no) Subject: Re: File I/O in kernel land (was: Re: 2nd warning: 2.2.6 BETA begins in 10 days!) From: Joel Ray Holveck Reply-to: joelh@gnu.org References: <16061.885755982.1@time.cdrom.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk >> 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? :) Is this graphical, or textual? -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org - http://www.wp.com/piquan Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped