On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 02:12:58PM -0200, Edison Figueira wrote: > I Would like to know if it is possible to call an external program of > kernel module. > If affirmative, how can i make that call? call_usermodehelper() is what you want to use. > Will that program be executed in kernel_space or user_space? userspace, but run as root, so be careful. Hope this helps, greg k-h -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
