Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Jun 1999 13:24:09 -0400 (EDT) | From | Stephen Frost <> | Subject | Re: A few questions..... |
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On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 androsyn@i95.com wrote:
> I am considering writing a new feature for Linux. Basically it would > allow you to open arbitrary URLs with the open() call. Something like > open("http://somehost/~somepage/foo.tar.gz", O_RDONLY) > or > open("ftp://somehome/foo.tar.gz", O_RDONLY) > > The question I have is would this be more effciently done in > userspace(libc, etc...) or does this functionality belong in the kernel. > I was thinking if I did go the kernel route having separate modules that > could be loaded via kmod to handle various protocols. Another question is > how would one do DNS lookups in the kernel?? I'd assume some callback to > userspace to do the lookup. Also where would be the ideal place to put > the hook into the kernel? Would it go in somewhere like sys_open() or > elsewhere?
I would strongly suggest a userspace library. NOT part of libc, but a seperate library, w/ it's own function calls ("open_http(char*)"), and in fact, this quite possibly has already been done...
Stephen
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