Olaf Peter wrote:
Does anybody know if it's possible to use boost within a Linux driver?
short answer - from principle point of view: yes.
A longer answer: probably without the full set of c++ language features. This means no exception handling (EH), no rtti. Some years ago I wrote a c++ kernel module (2.4.x). You have to write some stub for the c++ specific linker symbols from g++ e.g. __ctor, __dtor etc. There where some discussion on net about c++ modules inside linux kernel. You have to google for it. The problem is the c++ runtime library and some general problems, e.g. how to handle uncaught exceptions? kernel panic? not a real solution - therefore no EH.
Or, to quote from the linked page # Is it a good idea to write a new driver in C++# Is it a good idea to write a new driver in C++? The short answer is no, because there isn't any support for C++ drivers in the kernel. # Why not add a C++ interface layer to the kernel to support C++ drivers? The short answer is why bother, since there aren't any C++ drivers for Linux. So, you cannot write a driver in C++ because it isn't supported. Linus is very happy with that. Bo Persson