Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 19 May 1998 17:06:50 +0200 (CEST) | | From | "Thomas 'Dent' Mirlacher" <> | | Subject | Re: some tiny and dumb questions |
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> > 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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