j.chitte <> [2007-08-20 07:56:12]:
> since any acces to ports needs root access to set up I'm looking at
> using /proc to provide userland interface to some sensors I'm
> following on ADC ports on TS7250.
>
> Writing the kernel driver seems a lot less daunting than I had
> imagined so it seems like a good way to go.
>
> I'm thinking of providing /proc/adc/0 ..../proc/adc/7
>
> Being a bit surprised not to find this sort of thing being done
> already I wondered if I'd just failed to find something.
>
> Anyone got anything similar or comments/caveats?
Why kernel driver? Make a daemon(server) which will expose some interface via
unix/tcp sockets. Among other things, it's easier to debug, maintain, deploy
and TCP daemon have another big advantage also...
-- ynezz
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