Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 5 May 2003 16:50:45 -0400 | From | Pete Zaitcev <> | Subject | Re: The disappearing sys_call_table export. |
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> I use the following calls: > > sys_mknod > sys_chown > sys_umask > sys_unlink > > for creating/deleting /dev entries dynamically on driver > loading/unloading. It allows me to acquire dynamic major > number without devfs and external utility of any kind.
Well, duh. "Without devds and external utility" is a no-goal. You set it, you screw trying to achieve it. It's like a well-known Russian joke: "[...] We remove the adenoid tissue... through the anal opening with a blowtorch".
> I use sys_write to output loading/device detection/diagnostic > messages to process's stderr when appropriate. Yes, it may look as > "wrong thing" but it uses only legal kernel mechanisms and it saves > lots of time with e-mail support: > /sbin/insmod driver verbose=1 2>&1 | mail -s 'it does not works' me@
And pray tell how is syslog different?
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