Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 23:24:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Simon Shapiro <Shimon@i-Connect.Net> To: Mark Tinguely <tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Calling a Daemon from the Kernel - How? Message-ID: <XFMail.970825232450.Shimon@i-Connect.Net> In-Reply-To: <199708252318.SAA13305@plains.NoDak.edu>
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Hi Mark Tinguely; On 25-Aug-97 you 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). I didn't say that. I want a way to pass information, QUICKLY between the two, hopefully, with the kernel initiating the exchange. Asynchronously if possible, multi-threading? > 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. mrouted, here I cone. Thanx! Simon
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