On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 6:27 PM, Justin Cormack < jus...@specialbusservice.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 6:41 PM, matthew sporleder <msporle...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> (23) Lua support for kernel and userland > >> Lua is imported to NetBSD base, but nothing uses it. > >> And update is not done. > >> Lua kernel support should be imported, or remove it from base. > >> > > > > http://wiki.netbsd.org/projects/project/lua_bindings_chicken_and_egg/ > > > > I am working on this, with some caveats as to the current state. > Mainly so far it is system call bindings, but the aim is to expand it. > It has extensive tests, and also runs on the rump kernel, which has > been the main focus so far as rump doesn't have a normal userspace so > it is useful to be able to script it > > The main caveat is it currently runs on the LuaJIT version of Lua not > the one in core, which has (even) easier interfacing to C which was > useful for getting it going. The aim is to fix this soonish. > > If anyone has particular things they would like Lua interfaces to let > me know, or other ideas of what they want to see Lua used for and how > it might fit in, let me know, otherwise will take a look at the stuff > on the wiki. > > Code is here https://github.com/justincormack/ljsyscall - feel free to > raise issues there or contact me directly. > > Justin > Thanks, I've added a link.
