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DateTue, 19 May 1998 17:06:50 +0200 (CEST)
From"Thomas 'Dent' Mirlacher" <>
SubjectRe: some tiny and dumb questions
> >       1) how can someone read a file out from kernel-space
> > assume you've a module, getting its config data from
> > a file in userspace, and i'd like to use sysctl to
> > specify this file - but the module should read it
> > -> downloading a formware release to a card
>
> Generally reading a file directly from kernel-space is considered
> extremely bad form.

ok, i know ... but it would be IMHO the cleanest solution.

> Config data should be in a modules.conf-friendly
> format (command-line options) and firmware should be linked directly into
> the module.

ok, i've to deal with development version of hardware, which means there a
some firmware releases expected during driver development. this means i have
to recompile the driver every time i've to download a new firmware.
AND it will bloat the module itself. so otherwise i'd just pass it from the
file directly to the hardware.

> It's fairly simple to write a tool that translates an
> arbitrary binary file into an equivalent C array declaration...

yup, i know them - Alan mentioned it.


ok, if everyone agrees including the firmware into the module at compile time
would be the ultimative solution, i will quit my questions of how to do it
my way - i will use the classical way.

greetings

++dent

PS: never use netscrap mail ... i completely shot my loc;al maildir, so i got this
reply out from the news. :(

... now using good old pine for the next few years.
--
Thomas Mirlacher Student of ComputerScience, University of Salzburg
dent@cosy.sbg.ac.at http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/~dent



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