Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 12:34:40 +0100 From: Andrew Tappert <andrew@binturong.us> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: linux call_usermodehelper equivalent in freebsd? Message-ID: <426249D0.6010504@binturong.us>
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I tried asking about this on freebsd-questions, but I didn't get a response and I gather this is a more appropriate forum. This is a question about FreeBSD kernel (module) programming. Is there an equivalent in FreeBSD to the Linux kernel function 'call_usermodehelper' which wraps execve to do as its name suggests, call a user mode helper program? If there is, what is it? If not, can some kind person please point me to some code in the kernel--if there is any--which does something similar (i.e., exec's a usermode program from the kernel), so I may see how it's properly done? In what context is it ok just to do the exec? How do I set it up? Thanks, Andrew
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