Amos Jeffries <squ...@treenet.co.nz> writes: > On 17/10/24 12:30, jbranso wrote: >> 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. > > "very basic" here meaning? > > "low-level" completely functional as intended, > OR > "minimal" prototype-like code that needs a lot more work
I've no idea. I've never used streamio. I'm just trying to document all of our undocumented translators. >> +It cannot provide buffering, data format conversions, etc. >> + > > > HTH > Amos > -- Joshua Branson Sent from the Hurd
