Hi, If you try the netlink approach, maybe this link can help (there are just few changements to do, because of kernel update): http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7356 I am currently trying to make broadcast_send (I have some trouble, ie the other thread), but for unicast_send it works quite good. Thierry On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 6:58 AM, niranjan puram <puram.niranjan.kumar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > thank you guys for your prompt replies. I am not able to map the > module name to the kernel src file. I looked in the build and > /lib/modules directories but could not find a direct mapping from the > src to the module file. > > Plus the variable i want to change is the one that i have declared in > the source file. So first i need to figure out the module, the src > file finally compiles to and then how to export the new declared > variable such that it can be changed through /proc /sys. > > Because of these limitations I am planning to go with the netlink > approach. Please suggest me any other way to solve this problem. > Thanks in advance. > > ~Niranjan. > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:42 AM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 1:56 AM, niranjan puram >> <puram.niranjan.kumar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> No heavy data transfer, I just want to set variables dynamically from >>> the user space. So i think declaring a kernel module parameter and >>> changing it through the /proc file system should solve the problem. >>> Also this is the first time I am programming in kernel :) so please >>> bear with me. Is there an exhaustive documentation as to how to do it? >>> Thanks in advance. >> >> /proc is now really only to be for per process type info. I know >> there is lots of old stuff that is still per system. >> >> New per system variables are supposed to use sysfs (ie. /sys) >> >> Greg >> -- >> Greg Freemyer >> Head of EDD Tape Extraction and Processing team >> Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer >> First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - >> http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf >> >> The Norcross Group >> The Intersection of Evidence & Technology >> http://www.norcrossgroup.com >> > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
