--- "LUSTBADER,STEVE (Non-A-hsgAndover,ex1)" <steve_lustbader@hsgmed.com> wrote: > I'm trying to write a kernel network driver but I don't know how to > access it from a kernel space program. I'd like to "export" a > function from the driver that a user space program could call, but > I'm not sure if that's possible. For example, I'd like to be able > to call "do_something(args)" from a user space program that would > make the driver perform an action (writing to a device register, > etc). This is a very specialized device, so the user space program > could/will be tied very tightly to the driver. > Use ioctls to allow your user-space app to send commands to your driver. See: http://www.xml.com/ldd/chapter/book/ch05.html#t1 Harmony, --Christine __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
