linux-kernel - Re: How to run an a.out file in a kernel module

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Message-ID: <4541E7F6.40504@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:05:03 +0159
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	ranjith kumar <ranjit_kumar_b4u@...oo.co.uk>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to run an a.out file in a kernel module

ranjith kumar wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>           How to run an a.out file in a kernel module
>              I tried to include
>                                     system("./a.out");
>      in the C file. But I got compilation errors.

And what exactly do you want kernel to do?
If you want to create a process, see module loading procedure from kernel (i.e.
calling modprobe) -- request_module function or calling 'init=' program --
run_init_process.

regards,
-- 
http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xslaby/            Jiri Slaby
faculty of informatics, masaryk university, brno, cz
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