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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.

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