Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 06 Apr 1999 14:12:28 +0100 | From | Jim Chapman <> | Subject | Q: using kmod to invoke a user application |
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Can someone point me to v2.2 technical documentation on the new kmod mechanism (replacing kerneld)? I've seen Documentation/kmod.txt and kmod.c, but need more info.
Specifically, my modularized net driver would like to invoke an app in user space when it is _opened_. The app does some private ioctl()'s to the driver (to download the NIC's firmware). Is there a way to have a modularized driver invoke a user-mode program? (I am trying to avoid bloating my driver with the downloadable NIC firmware. I'd like to load the firmware during the open() procedure and stall the open until the download completes. There is no FLASH on the NIC so the NIC firmware must be downloaded every time it is initialized.)
Thanks
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