Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 17:05:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: Mark Tinguely <tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers@freebsd.org, Shimon@i-Connect.Net Subject: Re: Calling a Daemon from the Kernel - How? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970825170437.24159B-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <199708252318.SAA13305@plains.NoDak.edu>
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On Mon, 25 Aug 1997, Mark Tinguely wrote: > > How do I write a program that gets called from the kernel. > > I know how to write a program that call the kernel :-) > > I even know (some of you may argue with this) how to write a kernel driver > > that gets called form userspace :-) > > > > I want to write a daemon (or whatever) that gets called by the kernel to do > > sone dirty work I do not think belongs in the kernel. > > you really do not want the kernel to make a user space and exec (look at > the gross things the kernel needs to do to get init running). > > it be easier to make a raw socket interface for the communication and > have the daemon start in user space from something like /etc/rc.local. > A good example of this is mrouted. I think syslog is better example. It just hangs off /dev/log, and processes messages from the kernel. > --mark. > > Tom
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