Re: call procedure in Linux-Ada-module from "normal" program

["Björn Persson" <spam-away@nowhere.nil>]

Frank wrote:
> I've been tinkering with modules by using Ada.
> The module compiles, and I manage to do insmod on it.
> The symbols appears in ksyms; like "some_call_me".
> 
> Now I wish to call "some_call_me" from the test program (3) - is that 
> possible?

There are a number of ways to communicate with Linux, but you can't just 
call a procedure like that. That's true for all programming languages. A 
kernel isn't just another library.

I suggest that you look around for information on system calls, trap 
instructions and IOCTLs. You'll probably only find examples in C, but 
when you know how to do what you want in C, I'm sure someone here can 
help you translate it to Ada.

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