From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 07:14:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 07:14:24 -0500 Received: from dns.irisa.fr ([131.254.254.2]:55210 "HELO dns.irisa.fr") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 07:14:15 -0500 Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 13:14:51 +0100 From: DINH Viet Hoa To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: adding syscalls on linux Message-Id: <20011030131451.78be5fc2.vdinh@irisa.fr> Organization: IRISA X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.6.4claws12 (GTK+ 1.2.8; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org When we want to give a the user mode access to a kernel function, we have to write a syscall. But in which case should we : - add a syscall in the sys_call_table - or add a device and add a fcntl identifier and handle this ? thanks. -- DINH Viêt Hoà, ingénieur associé, projet PARIS IRISA-INRIA, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes cedex, France Tél: +33 (0) 2 99 84 75 98, Fax: +33 (0) 2 99 84 25 28