Re: alternate event logging proposal

Chris Friesen (cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com)
Tue, 24 Sep 2002 15:57:36 -0400


Jeff Garzik wrote:

> "What do you want to log?" is as important to me as "how do you want to
> log it?" And the answers to the two questions are very much intertwined.

Also related is "how can userspace be notified of kernel events?".
There is no way for a userspace app to be notified that, for instance,
an ATM device got a loss of signal. The drivers print it out, but the
userspace app has no clue.

I think that there should be a relatively generic way for drivers to
distribute events such as this and for userspace to register interest in
them.

Maybe netlink is the way to go, but its not exactly a simple interface.

Chris

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