Re: alternate event logging proposal

Jeff Garzik
2002-09-24T20:04:41Z

Chris Friesen wrote:
> Also related is "how can userspace be notified of kernel events?". There
> is no way for a userspace app to be notified that, for instance, an ATM
> device got a loss of signal. The drivers print it out, but the
> userspace app has no clue.

(sorry for the second reply)

To address your more general point, a general way to notify interested,
credentialed (is that a word?) 3rd party processes of device events
would indeed be useful. Since such events are essential out-of-band
info, netlink might indeed be applicable.

Jeff