Re: Can a kext talk to an application ?
Re: Can a kext talk to an application ?
- Subject: Re: Can a kext talk to an application ?
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 23:02:39 -0700 (PDT)
On Thu, 13 June 2002, Godfrey van der Linden wrote
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At 11:13 -0700 02-6-13, email@hidden wrote:
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>I could not find a way to make this type of notification work, so
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>instead I used a sysctl with
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>polling from the application. The kernel programming doc explains
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>sysctl well enough to get started,
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>though there were a couple of errors that hopefully have been
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>corrected by now.
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I recommend using the UserClient for a blocking work availaible style
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API. In general mixing BSD and IOKit can lead to vast complications
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with locking. Specifically funnels vs IOWorkLoops.
My requirement involves a file system (VFS stack implemented as a KEXT) that needs to pass
information off to a Carbon application. What approach would you recommend in that situation? I
currently have the app poll the KEXT, which I dislike in terms of performance and aesthetics, but it
works.
Thanks.
Andrew
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