On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 07:42:29AM -0700, Usman S. Ansari wrote: > Erik, > > I understand what you are saying. My module will be a product (other pieces > comming from other people in the team), and is not extension to the kernel. > User application provide authentication (lot of maths). My module needs to run > in the kernel. Other point, I will not be able to export sys_select, as this > product will be shipped as a mdule and we will not be able to recompile kernel > on the end user machine. Is this a binary-only module? I'd suggest using a /dev or /proc device for communicating with userland. sockets stuff in the kernel is not done. If this is a binary-only driver, you won't get much non-commercial support for it at all. -- Mark Zealey (aka JALH on irc.openprojects.net: #zealos and many more) mark@itsolve.co.uk UL++++>$ G!>(GCM/GCS/GS/GM) dpu? s:-@ a16! C++++>$ P++++>+++++$ L+++>+++++$ !E---? W+++>$ N- !o? !w--- O? !M? !V? !PS !PE--@ PGP+? r++ !t---?@ !X---? !R- b+ !tv b+ DI+ D+? G+++ e>+++++ !h++* r!-- y-- (www.geekcode.com) - Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/
