Hi Aurélien, (Hope your Canada trip after OLS was nice !) Le Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:54:52 +0200, DEGREMONT Aurelien <aurelien.degremont@xxxxxx> a écrit : > 3 - Is the only solution to code a userspace daemon for doing that, > and just use a mechanism to communicate between this daemon and the > kernel? This will split my work in two parts, and I'm not very fond > of this solution... Yes, this is what you should. You are trying to do too much userspace things in the kernel. Do all that stuff in userspace, and use one of the many communication mechanisms to exchange informations with your kernel module. BTW, we could better help you if you described what you are trying to do exactly. Sincerly, Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons Kernel, drivers and embedded Linux development, consulting, training and support. http://free-electrons.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ