site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com No. We have an application where on another platform (Windows), the kernel module uses a named semaphore to trigger a user space application. Is there anything like that for Mac OS X? IOUserClient is typical: <http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/SimpleUserClient/index.html> You can also use control sockets: Or you can use an ioctl()/fcntl() into your driver. See also: -- Terry _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-kernel mailing list (Darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-kernel/site_archiver%40lists.a... On Apr 24, 2008, at 9:57 AM, Duane Murphy wrote: Is it possible to use named semaphores to "communicate" from the kernel to user space? Ideas, recommendations? <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Conceptual/NKEConceptual/con...

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