Date: 26 Jan 1998 16:41:26 +0100 From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav) To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: File I/O in kernel land (was: Re: 2nd warning: 2.2.6 BETA begins in 10 days!) Message-ID: <xzpu3ar9ra1.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Mike Smith's message of "Tue, 27 Jan 1998 01:36:33 %2B1030" References: <199801261506.BAA00422@word.smith.net.au>
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Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> writes: > > 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? :) > It's extremely tedious. You'd be better off adding an ioctl hook to > the screensaver module and adding an extra console ioctl to pass > commands to the screensaver. I was afraid you'd say that. I think I'll just leave it the way it is for now, and add the ioctl later. -- * Finrod (INTJ) * Unix weenie * dag-erli@ifi.uio.no * cellular +47-92835919 * RFC1123: "Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send"
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