RE: - I A - (was Kernel mode programming - precisions)

2005-01-19 Thread Smith III, Edward Mr. CAA/ISC
y 18, 2005 11:48 PM To: Street Chaman Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: - I A - (was Kernel mode programming - precisions) Street Chaman wrote: > NOTE: THIS IS NOT A JOKE. > > I don't know if it is the right place to post this; I actually don't > know even if I shou

Re: - I A - (was Kernel mode programming - precisions)

2005-01-19 Thread Murray Taylor
On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 15:47, Ryan Sommers wrote: > Street Chaman wrote: > > > NOTE: THIS IS NOT A JOKE. > > > > I don't know if it is the right place to post this; I actually don't > > know even if I should post this; but, before giving it up because of my > > own limits, I have to write down w

Re: - I A - (was Kernel mode programming - precisions)

2005-01-18 Thread Ryan Sommers
Street Chaman wrote: NOTE: THIS IS NOT A JOKE. I don't know if it is the right place to post this; I actually don't know even if I should post this; but, before giving it up because of my own limits, I have to write down what I was trying to do. Maybe someone will be interested in; maybe someone

Re: Kernel mode programming -precisions

2005-01-18 Thread Ryan Sommers
Street Chaman wrote: Thanks to everyone who read my question; here some precisions: Actually, my soft is a kind of interactive filter: it takes a lot of imput parameters (from keyboard at the moment, but as soon as i've understood how it works, i will increase the number of supported io devices)

Re: Kernel mode programming -precisions

2005-01-18 Thread Simon 'corecode' Schubert
On Tuesday, 18. January 2005 20:54, Street Chaman wrote: > Actually, my soft is a kind of interactive filter: it takes a lot of imput > parameters (from keyboard at the moment, but as soon as i've understood how > it works, i will increase the number of supported io devices); treats it in > a parti

Re: Kernel mode programming -precisions

2005-01-18 Thread Steven Smith
> When CPU is waiting on some new data, he cannot preform any other > operation, and freezes data manipultion; that's why I'm looking for a new > way to in/output the soft... You may want to look at select(2) and poll(2). Those allow you to check whether input is available on a given file descri

Kernel mode programming -precisions

2005-01-18 Thread Street Chaman
Thanks to everyone who read my question; here some precisions: Actually, my soft is a kind of interactive filter: it takes a lot of imput parameters (from keyboard at the moment, but as soon as i've understood how it works, i will increase the number of supported io devices); treats it in a part