From 28cd86b4c68443b74c7bc117b8949adf8d749f0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "jbranso@dismail.de" Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 19:30:17 -0400 Subject: add translator/streamio page * hurd/translator.mdwn: add a link * hurd/translator.mdwn/streamio.mdwn: add a very basic description of streamio based on some old irc logs. Message-ID: <20241016233039.17856-1-jbranso@dismail.de> --- hurd/translator.mdwn | 1 + hurd/translator/streamio.mdwn | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+) create mode 100644 hurd/translator/streamio.mdwn (limited to 'hurd') diff --git a/hurd/translator.mdwn b/hurd/translator.mdwn index ec5996b0..d025814e 100644 --- a/hurd/translator.mdwn +++ b/hurd/translator.mdwn @@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ The [[concept|concepts]] of translators creates its own problems, too: * [[pflocal]] * [[hostmux]] * [[storeio]] +* [[streamio]] * [[ext2fs]] * [[fatfs]] * [[magic]] diff --git a/hurd/translator/streamio.mdwn b/hurd/translator/streamio.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ad40d6d0 --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/translator/streamio.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2024 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!tag stable_URL]] + + + + +`streamio` is a translator for kernel stream devices, +e.g. the kernel log messages or the parallel port. +It is mainly used for kernel devices, so you will need root +privileges to use it. It provides a basic interface for character +devices. It is low-level and cannot provide device-specific `ioctl`s. +It cannot provide buffering, data format conversions, etc. + -- cgit v1.2.3