Re: [PATCH 001/001] CHAR DRIVERS: a simple device to give daemons a /sys-like interface

[Bob Smith <bsmith@linuxtoys.org>]

Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>> 	cat /dev/proxyctrl   # what is the offset?
>> 	echo 2 > /dev/proxyctrl  # set offset to 2
>
> You have language bindings right there in bash for this api, what you
> are saying is that you don't want to write new syscall bindings for new
> languages, which is fine, don't do that, use the ones we already have
> for the vast number of different IPC types.

You are correct.  There very much is a protocol in use.  Just as
there is for setting ip_forward in /proc.  And from your previous
comment, it doesn't have to be ASCII.  It could be binary or XML.

>
> What is your specific requirements, I see you couch them in terms of
> what you have created, but none in terms of actual requirements with no
> specific implementation.

You are correct.  I have been giving them in terms of my goal. The
title still captures it: "a simple device to give daemons a /sys-like
interface".

I am not a kernel programmer.  I am an Electrical Engineer trying to
control a robot. So I don't know what you mean by "actual requirements"
or a "specific implementation".   If you point me at a working example
I'll be happy to try to provide these.

>
> And all of my other outstanding questions still remain, please address
> those as well.
Yes, understood.


Greg, once again let me thank you for your patience while dealing
with an EE (who probably needs more adult supervision).

thanks
Bob Smith