Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 04 Oct 2005 13:46:47 -0400 | From | Brian Gerst <> | Subject | Re: 2.4 in-kernel file opening |
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Martin Drab wrote: > Hi, > > can anybody tell me why there is no sys_open() exported in kernel/ksyms.c > in 2.4 kernels while the sys_close() is there? And what is then the > preferred way of opening files from within a 2.4 kernel module?
Why do you need to open files from kernel space? There are usually better alternatives like the firmware loader interface.
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