On 8/9/07, ilya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello, > [...] > > i have a feeling, however, that i am abusing this method. > what is the appropriate way of setting this up? is there > a way for the module to notify an application of some > event happening? because right now i do this by > constantly reading from one of the files in sysfs until > the value it holds changes. i also know that reading > files from kernel-mode is not a good thing, but i want > to implement something of a config file that can be > modified from user-space but would be read in by > the module. what is the best way of doing this?
Not sure whether this is the best way or not but i guess you should have a look at config fs too. AFAIR it is used to send notifications from kernel to userspace in a cleaner way. Does this solves your problem somehow? thanks > > any info is much appreciated. > > -- ilya > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > -- play the game -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
