Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 07:50:35 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> To: Joe Pellegrino <jdp@elvis.rowan.edu> Cc: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Basic Driver Development Questions. Message-ID: <20081104155035.GS60438@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0811031852060.1830@elvis.rowan.edu> References: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0811031852060.1830@elvis.rowan.edu>
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* Joe Pellegrino <jdp@elvis.rowan.edu> [081103 16:30] wrote: > I am trying to develop a small kernel module and I wanted to ask some > questions about implementation. First, there is a component of Linux, > called netlink, which permits IPC communication between a userspace app > and kernel module using sockets. Is there a FreeBSD equivalent? I know you > can do this with IOCTL and perhaps through proc but I would prefer using a > technique similar to netlink. > > Toward that I am looking at netgraph (ng_socket) but have run into some > trouble mostly related to inexperience with netgraph. So basically: > > 1. Is there something similar to netlink? > > 2. Would that be NetGraph? > > 3. If not what is it? > > I do have further questions depending on how these are answered. Thanks > for your help. :) Hey Joe, can you give a link to us that explains what "netlink" is and how to use it? examples and such? thank you, -- - Alfred Perlstein
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