On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 12:12 AM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When you see "/dev/..." opened, then a connection to the kernel is > opened. Read / write / ioctl etc. all directly send data to the > kernel. > > You do know the standard file descriptors: stdin, stdout, stderr right? > > You see stdout (1) being sent the ifconfig output in the code, so just > look immediately before that to try and see what ifconfig did to > figure what it did to allow it to generate the output. > Are you referring to file descriptors? -- http://mightydreams.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
