Re: User mode - Kernel mode communication

2005-07-16 Thread Hillel Taub-Tabib
On 7/17/05, Nzer Zaidenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Linux has a netlink socket interface for exactly this purpose. > (the other common mode is offcourse ioctl). > > We have donated code to ACE that implement the netlink Facade. > tell me if you are interested. > I will surely look

Re: User mode - Kernel mode communication

2005-07-16 Thread Nzer Zaidenberg
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Re: User mode - Kernel mode communication

2005-07-16 Thread Nzer Zaidenberg
--0-1301878589-1121550565=:70948 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Linux has a netlink socket interface for exactly this purpose. (the other common mode is offcourse ioctl). We have donated code to ACE that implement the netlink Facade. tell me if you

Re: User mode - Kernel mode communication

2005-07-16 Thread Hillel
Thanks for all the answers. Although I was interested in up to date information, I am actually working on an existing 2.4 module, that currently reads run-time parameters using ioctl. I played a little with procfs, but it seems rather similar to an ioctl (a little safer maybe, but basically similar

[Haifux lecture] LIRC lecture by Alon Altman and Ohaz Lotzky

2005-07-16 Thread Orr Dunkelman
Next Monday (18/7/2005), 18:30, the Haifa Linux Club will once again meet to hear Alon Altman and Ohaz Lotzky talk about: LIRC - Linux Infrared Remote Control The lecture covers the configuration and use of Linux Infrared Remote Control, or LIRC. The l

Re: User mode - Kernel mode communication

2005-07-16 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 03:57:19PM +0300, guy keren wrote: > one last thing - if you only need to give this data when the module loads > - you could use module parameters for that - encode your data in a string, > and pass it as one module parameter. i'm not sure how much data may be in > a module

Re: When is August Penguin ? [was Re: registration August Penguin 2005]

2005-07-16 Thread Gábor Szabó
On 7/16/05, Alon Altman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The letter had a typo. The correct date is August 4th. A new letter will be > sent soon. don't waste the paper for me, please. Gabor To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: When is August Penguin ? [was Re: registration August Penguin 2005]

2005-07-16 Thread Alon Altman
On Sat, 16 Jul 2005, Gábor Szabó wrote: > On 7/16/05, Gilad Ben-yossef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I did not saw details about it in August Penguin 2005 web site >>> (http://august.penguin.org.il) >>> >> >> The site will be updated shortly. Right, Ido? :-) > > On the web site it sais 4th of Au

When is August Penguin ? [was Re: registration August Penguin 2005]

2005-07-16 Thread Gábor Szabó
On 7/16/05, Gilad Ben-yossef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I did not saw details about it in August Penguin 2005 web site > > (http://august.penguin.org.il) > > > > The site will be updated shortly. Right, Ido? :-) On the web site it sais 4th of August. I just got a letter from HaMakor that sais

Re: User mode - Kernel mode communication

2005-07-16 Thread guy keren
On Fri, 15 Jul 2005, Hillel wrote: > I am building a kernel module (char device) that should get runtime > parameters from a user mode process. > Among the info items that should flow to the module are strings and > arrays. To my understanding I can use any of the following methods to > achieve t

Re: registration August Penguin 2005

2005-07-16 Thread Gilad Ben-yossef
Rafi Gordon wrote: Hello, I had heard about the August Penguin 2005 in 4/8/05 and want to attend it (for the first time). What is the procedure for it? Is it enough to come in that day and buy a ticket ; or is there some earlier registration on the web/email/etc No need to pre-register. Y

Re: equivalent of -cu in .Xresources

2005-07-16 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 09:49:48AM +0300, avraham wrote: > Except for the -cu option (according to the xterm man page its > effect is to avoid a bug of xterm), I found all the equivalent > options for the .Xresources file. > In the limited testing I made, despite omitting this option I > don't se

equivalent of -cu in .Xresources

2005-07-16 Thread avraham
Hi, I still have a lot of legacy files from my slackware past, which do not go well with "the debian way". I use them as long as they don't cause problems and modify them when I find out that they have drawbacks. One such file involved the command: xterm -cu -geometry 100x39+0+0 -bg cornsilk -sb -s