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SubjectRe: kernel notification to user space task
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 10:50:13PM +0530, Amol Kumar Lad wrote:
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> for example..if my driver detects that interface 'eth0' is coming up, it
> should send a indication to user task saying 'network interface eth0 is up'

If this is not just a hypothetical example, this kind of userspace
notification is already present in the kernel. /sbin/hotplug gets
called when ever any network interface is brought up or down. See the
documentation at linux-hotplug.sf.net for more information if you're
curious.

thanks,

greg k-h
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