Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] FUSD v1.10 now available | Date | Thu, 21 Aug 2003 12:51:15 -0700 | From | Jeremy Elson <> |
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Oops, someone pointed out that I forgot the URL in my announcement. For those who don't want to use Google :-), it is:
http://www.circlemud.org/~jelson/software/fusd
Best, Jeremy
Jeremy Elson writes: >We're happy to announce release 1.10 of FUSD, the Linux Framework for >User-Space Devices. > >If you have a Linux 2.4 kernel running devfs, FUSD is a combination of >Linux kernel module and userspace library that lets you write >userspace programs that can act as character device drivers for files >under /dev. Your program reigsters the device with the kernel module; >then, it proxies system calls (e.g., open(), read()...) to your >program. Your userspace program can respond to these system calls as >a kernel module would. Strict error checking at the user/kernel >boundary prevents such userspace drivers from corrupting each other, >the kernel, or even the processes using the devices they manage. > >v1.10 has a number of enhancements, including: > -- Now safe for SMP and preemptible kernels > > -- Includes both C and Python bindings > > -- /dev/fusd/status device shows a summary of devices registered and > in use > > -- Updated documentation and various other bugfixes > > >Unfortunately, FUSD does NOT work under later 2.5 or any 2.6 kernels. >The recent changes to the devfs API break FUSD in a way that we >haven't yet looked into fixing. > >Regards, >Jeremy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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