From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Mar 18 13:42: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles114.castles.com [208.214.165.114]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C7A4154DE for ; Thu, 18 Mar 1999 13:41:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA03345; Thu, 18 Mar 1999 13:35:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199903182135.NAA03345@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Dan Seguin Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KLD extern calls In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 18 Mar 1999 16:39:49 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 13:35:24 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Is it possible to make calls to std libs from within a KLD? For example, > getpwuid()? If so, how does one link it in? I've tried ld by hand > (specifying -lc), but get "bad exec format" when trying to load it. > Otherwise, it just refuses to load, claiming "undefined symbol getpwuid". > This is not limited to the abovementioned call. Any ideas, knowledge, > help is appreciated. No. KLDs execute within the kernel, not in userspace. -- \\ 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. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message