Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 26 May 2008 08:48:01 +0200 (CEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: Inserting code from userspace to kernel space |
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On Thu, 22 May 2008, Bosko Radivojevic wrote: > For now we have two different kernel modules, one exporting a function > which another module uses. Process of compiling kernel module is quite > ineligible for standard end user (along with the requirement to > support multi platform cross compiling) compared to just cross > compiling a simple code that doesn't use any libraries than libc.
For cross-compiling a kernel module, you need: - a cross-compiler
For cross-compiling `a simple code that doesn't use any libraries than libc', you need: - a cross-compiler - a cross-libc
Hence the kernel module approach needs less ;-)
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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