On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:40:40 -0700 Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 11:36:30AM -0600, Littlefield, Tyler wrote: > > I have a quick question; this is something I haven't been able to figure > > out. By using the kernel headers you can call functions that are defined > > in the kernel, > > >From userspace? No you can't. You need to use glibc or something else. > > The kernel is not a library, the only way to interact with it from > userspace is by making system calls. You can use glibc or some libc to > make those system calls for you through other functions, or you can call > them "raw" if you really know what you are doing. > > Hope this helps, > > greg k-h Or maybe he was actually talking about kernel modules and in this case the linking is done by the kernel itself, at runtime. -- Guillaume Knispel _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
