Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Nov 2001 10:46:01 -0800 (PST) | From | Andre Hedrick <> | Subject | Re: how to communicate between kernel and user space? |
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On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Xiaozhou Qiu wrote:
> Hi, > > I am sorry if this is a newbie's question. I am developing a kernel module > which needs to call some crypt functions implemented in user space. Since > those functions utilize openssl library, I assume there is no easy way to > port them into kernel. > > I wonder whether there is an easy and elegant way to call the user space > functions from the kernel and get the results, if /proc can not be used. If > anybody knows where I can find a crypt library in the kernel, that will be a > great help too. > > Thank you very much. > > Xiaozhou Qiu
So you want to import content encryption from user space to bork the data in the storage array -- don't think so -- regards.
Andre Hedrick CEO/President, LAD Storage Consulting Group Linux ATA Development Linux Disk Certification Project
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