Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 14:02:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 14:02:09 -0500 Received: from zeus.kernel.org ([204.152.189.113]:61424 "EHLO zeus.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 14:01:53 -0500 Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 10:46:01 -0800 (PST) From: Andre Hedrick To: Xiaozhou Qiu cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: how to communicate between kernel and user space? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Xiaozhou Qiu wrote: > Hi, > > I am sorry if this is a newbie's question. I am developing a kernel module > which needs to call some crypt functions implemented in user space. Since > those functions utilize openssl library, I assume there is no easy way to > port them into kernel. > > I wonder whether there is an easy and elegant way to call the user space > functions from the kernel and get the results, if /proc can not be used. If > anybody knows where I can find a crypt library in the kernel, that will be a > great help too. > > Thank you very much. > > Xiaozhou Qiu So you want to import content encryption from user space to bork the data in the storage array -- don't think so -- regards. Andre Hedrick CEO/President, LAD Storage Consulting Group Linux ATA Development Linux Disk Certification Project - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/