Re: advice needed from kernel programmers for LVS patch

[Vinnie <listacct1@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jacob Coby wrote:

> It is a bit old, but it should at least point you in the right direction.
>
> specifically, look into proc_register and the procfile_read(char *buffer,
> char *buffer_location, off_t offset, int buffer_length, int zero) callback.
> You basically just want a static char *antefacto_ident (which is set to
> "antefacto-2.4.19-1.0.7" at compile time) and set *buffer_location=ident in
> the callback, returning strlen(ident).
>
> You'll want to work with the antefacto patch applied, and generate another
> patch from the antefacto-patched source.  That way, hopefully, you should be
> able to apply antefacto and then antefacto-ident (or whatever you call it)
> in order to the vanilla kernel without issues.
>
> -Jacob
Thanks Jacob!

This will probably get me started pretty well!

Vince ("vinnie")