Hi John, Thanks for the info, it would be great it u can send the source code that u have. thanks deepak --- "Matthews, John" <JMatthews@LIO.AACISD.com> wrote: > > I'm not sure if copy_to_user will work for what you > want. I think > it might be possible to use, but I don't believe it > would be the cleanest > approach. In order to use copy_to_user you will > need to know what memory > location to copy data to so the user process can > read it, plus you'll need > to know when to signal your user process to read the > data. I guess these > problems could be solved, but I think you might > prefer to use something like > a netlink socket. It's already been implemented in > the kernel and there's a > lot of sample code already using it from various > router applications. You > should look at "zebra" it should give you a good > start, along with some > searches in google for "netlink sockets". > > You could also look into using procfs, there's a > good simple example > of how to use it included with the kernel > documentation. > > > Best of luck, > John Matthews > > P.S. If you get really stuck with the netlink > socket I could send you some > of my source code I wrote when learning how to use > it. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: d deepak [mailto:ddeepak_121@yahoo.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 10:02 AM > To: redhat-devel-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: Sending info to user process from > kernel > > > Hi > I am working on Bluetooth, my Bt stack is a kernel. > I > want to send events to a user app. this should go as > an asynchronous event, ie, application will be doing > something else and still it should receive my event. > > deepak > > --- Jonathan Bartlett <johnnyb@eskimo.com> wrote: > > What specifically are you trying to do? > > > > The easiest way to do this is probably > copy_to_user, > > but it would be more > > useful if you said what you were trying to do. > > > > Jon > > > > On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, d deepak wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I am new to Linux, my requirement is to send > some > > data > > > from kernel module to a user program > > asynchronouslly. > > > Colud any of u please tell me which is the > easiest > > way > > > to do this. It would be great if u can send some > > > sample code. > > > > > > thanks in advance > > > > > > deepak > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free > > > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Redhat-devel-list mailing list > > > Redhat-devel-list@redhat.com > > > > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-devel-list mailing list > > Redhat-devel-list@redhat.com > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-devel-list mailing list > Redhat-devel-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-devel-list mailing list > Redhat-devel-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Redhat-devel-list mailing list Redhat-devel-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list
