linux-kernel - Re: How to access Linux Kernel environment Variables ?

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Message-ID: <545A0790.2050302@nod.at>
Date:	Wed, 05 Nov 2014 12:18:40 +0100
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	santosh nayak <santoshprasadnayak@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How to access Linux Kernel environment Variables ?

Am 05.11.2014 um 11:56 schrieb santosh nayak:
> Thanks Richard for your response.
> 
> Is there any system call in Linux which can access and set variables
> in /proc/cmdline ?  (Similar to kenv() in FreeBSD which can access and
> set variables in /boot/loader.conf).

No.

> I would like to use that system call in linux C code, the  way I am
> using kenv() in freeBSD environment.

Create a wrapper function which behaves like kenv().
Should be doable in a few lines of code.

Thanks,
//richard
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