From: Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@jauu.net>
To: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Cc: NetDev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How to grab a block of binary data w/out using ioctls?
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:51:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061025125137.GC25830@c3po.0xdef.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <453D61E8.8020400@candelatech.com>
* Ben Greear | 2006-10-23 17:44:24 [-0700]:
>Since IOCTLs are out of favor these days, what would be
>a preferred way to get a block of binary data out of the
>kernel?
I suggest netlink socket for that purpose! Netlink scales also well if the
amount of data "surprisedly" rise.
>Thanks,
>Ben
HGN
prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-25 12:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-24 0:44 How to grab a block of binary data w/out using ioctls? Ben Greear
2006-10-24 4:54 ` Randy Dunlap
2006-10-24 5:00 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-10-24 5:04 ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-10-25 2:25 ` Ben Greear
2006-10-25 2:47 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-10-25 4:35 ` Randy Dunlap
2006-10-25 4:46 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-10-25 4:52 ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-10-25 5:01 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-10-25 5:07 ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-10-25 16:30 ` Ben Greear
2006-10-25 12:51 ` Hagen Paul Pfeifer [this message]
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