Re: alternate event logging proposal

[Jeff Garzik]

Chris Friesen wrote:
> 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.

(sorry for the second reply)

To address your more general point, a general way to notify interested, 
credentialed (is that a word?) 3rd party processes of device events 
would indeed be useful.  Since such events are essential out-of-band 
info, netlink might indeed be applicable.

	Jeff