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Date:      Mon, 26 Jan 1998 08:40:55 -0800 (PST)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To:        Dag-Erling Coidan Sm?rgrav <dag-erli@ifi.uio.no>
Cc:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: File I/O in kernel land (was: Re: 2nd warning: 2.2.6 BETA begins in 10 days!)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.980126084043.29311C-100000@current1.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <xzpu3ar9ra1.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no>

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see how exec() loads a file..


On 26 Jan 1998, Dag-Erling Coidan Sm?rgrav wrote:

> Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> writes:
> > > I'd like to have the logo as a separate file rather than compile it
> > > into the lkm, but I haven't had much luck finding out how to do file
> > > I/O in kernel land. Could somebody give me a hint before i go berserk
> > > and read the entire kernel source to find out? :)
> > It's extremely tedious.  You'd be better off adding an ioctl hook to 
> > the screensaver module and adding an extra console ioctl to pass 
> > commands to the screensaver.
> 
> I was afraid you'd say that. I think I'll just leave it the way it is
> for now, and add the ioctl later.
> 
> -- 
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