From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 17:23:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 17:23:20 -0500 Received: from vena.lwn.net ([206.168.112.25]:62894 "HELO eklektix.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 17:23:20 -0500 Message-ID: <20030205223256.17078.qmail@eklektix.com> To: Chris Friesen Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: question about creating char device in 2.4 From: corbet@lwn.net (Jonathan Corbet) In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 05 Feb 2003 17:03:30 EST." <3E418A32.2010308@nortelnetworks.com> Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 15:32:56 -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > How would you go about hooking in to the 2.4 char device code to do > something equivalent? Linux Device Drivers has a great deal of discussion on portability between 2.2 and 2.4; it also has example code which could be easily adapted to create your "finite capacity bit bucket" device. It's available online at http://www.xml.com/ldd/chapter/book/index.html, but, of course, you'll want to go and buy at least three copies for your desk... jon Jonathan Corbet Executive editor, LWN.net corbet@lwn.net