Thanks to everyone :)
On 8/8/07, Craig Boston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 11:23:25AM -0500, Biks N wrote: > > I am new to FreeBSD kernel programming and I am trying to use userland > > library (zlib) in FreeBSD kernel. But I am not sure if zlib library is > > linkable from the kernel. > > Normally, no, you can't just link in a library designed for userland > into the kernel. Some porting is required to deal with the kernel > environment -- things such as not having a full C library available, > different memory management, etc. > > In this case however, there is already a zlib implementation in the > kernel. IIRC, geom_uzip and the crypto framework both use it. > > You may want to check out sys/net/zlib.[ch] and see if it can do what > you're after. You'll need to make sure to include a dependency on the > zlib module and/or add it to your kernel configuration. > > Good luck, > Craig > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
