That pointer is all yours. Your driver can store data that is specifiec to each open device using that pointer.
On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Khai Trinh wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I am new to linux. So, my question is: > > what is file->private_data? Does it set to the device > structure by the kernel when you register your device > with devfs_register()? > > Thanks, > --Khai > > Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better > http://health.yahoo.com > > ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
