Hi, the new hurd package (hurd_20000921) has a new translator, called streamdev. It is a generic translator for the character devices in gnumach, and was written by OKUJI Yoshinori.
One usage is to get the boot kernel messages. cd /dev ./MAKEDEV kmsg cat /dev/kmsg ^C The ^C indicates that you need to press CTRL-C to exit, because the read blocks. Also, the buffer is FLUSHED, so you can only read once. There are other character devices in gnumach. For example, kbd and mouse. But the reason that there are special translators for them is that they need some special treatment. For example, you need to be able to set the keyboard in event mode, using a ioctl(). Thanks, Marcus
