Re: Accessing filesystem from a KLD
From: Daniel O'Connor (doconnor_at_gsoft.com.au)
Date: 06/25/05
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To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 21:54:17 +0930
On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 19:33, Seb wrote:
> How can I access the filesystem from a kernel module ?
> In fact, I want my device driver to retreive a firmware image stored on the
> filesystem (instead of putting the firmware data in a static array at
> compile-time) for memory usage and legal concerns. Blocking calls are OK.
> I have searched the manpages and the web, but I haven't found anything
> relevant.
if_ndis does this (well ndis) to load firmware images from the file system for
drivers.
I wonder if it would make sense to generalise it - the ndis code covers things
like building the firmware image into the kernel for cases where you are NFS
mounting your disks (for example).
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