From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Would an "information module" be useful?
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 19:05:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <l1n80j$ofi$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
Hello,
I became interested in an use case where I want to pass customised data from the
boot command-line to other user processes. I have read the available
documentation in the way that kernel modules provide such a means to get
additional parameters recorded.
I have got the understanding that a kernel module provides also a name space for
such boot parameters. (Are they also called "attributes" there?)
Now I would be interested to create a module for my needs so that the passed
data will be stored in the sys file system. Which software component is
responsible for this task?
I find that another implementation detail needs more clarification. The modules
usually drive some hardware.
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
But I am looking for a kind of kernel module which does not serve any hardware.
I imagine that it should be sufficient to register it as a simple information sink.
How do you think about my considerations?
Would you like to share any alternative ideas?
Regards,
Markus
next reply other threads:[~2013-09-22 17:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-22 17:05 Markus Elfring [this message]
2013-09-22 18:23 ` Would an "information module" be useful? richard -rw- weinberger
2013-09-22 19:51 ` Markus Elfring
2013-09-22 19:59 ` Richard Weinberger
2013-09-22 20:30 ` Markus Elfring
2013-09-22 20:37 ` Richard Weinberger
2013-09-23 2:38 ` Markus Elfring
2013-09-23 5:47 ` Richard Weinberger
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