* hurd/translator.mdwn: add a link * hurd/translator.mdwn/streamio.mdwn: add a very basic description of streamio based on some old irc logs. --- hurd/translator.mdwn | 1 + hurd/translator/streamio.mdwn | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+) create mode 100644 hurd/translator/streamio.mdwn
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..9f1de6ec --- /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]] + +<!-- http://richtlijn.be/~larstiq/hurd/hurd-2010-08-25 --> +<!-- http://richtlijn.be/~larstiq/hurd/hurd-2009-01-16 --> + +`streamio` is a translator for stream devices. `streamio` is for +kernel devices which provide data on the fly, e.g. the kernel log +messages. It is mainly used for kernel devices, so you will need root +privleges to use it. It provides a basic interface for character +devices. It is very basic and cannot provide device-specific `ioctl`s. +It cannot provide buffering, data format conversions, etc. + -- 2.45.2
