Stuart, Thanks so much. That fooru code was just the springboard I needed.
AJ ONeal On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Stuart Jansen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 2011-01-29 at 22:03 -0700, AJ ONeal wrote: > > In Linux Device Drivers 3rd edition some code is given for a `scull` > > driver. Unfortunately, it doesn't work for the 2.6 kernel. > > LDD3 was written for kernel 2.6.10, so obviously it does work with the > 2.6 kernel. However, since LDD3 was written, the device setup process > has changed. This is probably the problem you're running into. > > I've attached the source for a simple educational module we use at Guru > Labs. We use it with RHEL5/SLES11, but I just tested it and F14 works > perfectly. > > > Anybody know of a getting started guide for noobs? (Keyword: noobs). > > The kernel is a moving target. Nearly any book or blog post you read is > probably going to need to be massaged a little to get it working with > the latest kernel. > > I recommend poking through the kernel source itself, Google, and LWN. > For example: > http://lwn.net/Articles/2.6-kernel-api/ > > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list >
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