Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:04:52 -0700 | From | Bob Smith <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 001/001] CHAR DRIVERS: a simple device to give daemons a /sys-like interface |
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Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: >> cat /dev/proxyctrl # what is the offset? >> echo 2 > /dev/proxyctrl # set offset to 2 > > You have language bindings right there in bash for this api, what you > are saying is that you don't want to write new syscall bindings for new > languages, which is fine, don't do that, use the ones we already have > for the vast number of different IPC types.
You are correct. There very much is a protocol in use. Just as there is for setting ip_forward in /proc. And from your previous comment, it doesn't have to be ASCII. It could be binary or XML.
> > What is your specific requirements, I see you couch them in terms of > what you have created, but none in terms of actual requirements with no > specific implementation.
You are correct. I have been giving them in terms of my goal. The title still captures it: "a simple device to give daemons a /sys-like interface".
I am not a kernel programmer. I am an Electrical Engineer trying to control a robot. So I don't know what you mean by "actual requirements" or a "specific implementation". If you point me at a working example I'll be happy to try to provide these.
> > And all of my other outstanding questions still remain, please address > those as well. Yes, understood.
Greg, once again let me thank you for your patience while dealing with an EE (who probably needs more adult supervision).
thanks Bob Smith
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