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Kamal R. Prasad

2005-03-28, 6:18 pm

Hello,

I am using AIX 5.3. I would like to know if I can use unix domain
sockets from within the kernel (extension). If not, what is the
preferred mechanism to communicate efficiently between
kernel(extension) and user process?

thanks
-kamal
Jose Pina Coelho

2005-04-16, 5:49 pm

kamalp@acm.org (Kamal R. Prasad) wrote in news:181e352f.0503280624.554ffe96
@posting.google.com:
> I am using AIX 5.3. I would like to know if I can use unix domain
> sockets from within the kernel (extension). If not, what is the
> preferred mechanism to communicate efficiently between
> kernel(extension) and user process?


Kernel calls, special devices, shared memory, signals. It depends on what
the kernel extension does.




--
Doing AIX support was the most monty-pythonesque
activity available at the time.
Eagerly awaiting my thin chocolat mint.
Kamal R. Prasad

2005-04-17, 2:51 am


Jose Pina Coelho wrote:
> kamalp@acm.org (Kamal R. Prasad) wrote in

news:181e352f.0503280624.554ffe96
> @posting.google.com:
>

The preferred mechanism is message queue in AIX. sockets don't work in
kexts in aix.

> Kernel calls, special devices, shared memory, signals. It depends on

what
> the kernel extension does.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Doing AIX support was the most monty-pythonesque
> activity available at the time.
> Eagerly awaiting my thin chocolat mint.


They have a propretary culture -wherein anyone wishing to learn about
their kernel internals/backdoors must be a potential rival.

regards
-kamal

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