From: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>
To: Simon Haynes <simon@baydel.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: File access
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 08:07:53 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0308140803430.179@chaos> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <67597854DA5@baydel.com>
On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Simon Haynes wrote:
> I am currently developing a module which I would like to configure
> via a simple text file.
>
> I cannot seem to find any information on accessing files via a kernel module.
>
> Is this possible and if so how is it done ?
>
> Many Thanks
>
> Simon.
This has become a FAQ. You make your module accept parameters
from an ioctl(). Then you use a user-mode task to read file(s)
and configure your module.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.4.20 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips).
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-08-14 12:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-08-14 11:32 Simon Haynes
2003-08-14 12:07 ` Richard B. Johnson [this message]
2003-08-19 9:53 ` Simon Haynes
2003-08-19 12:17 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-08-19 13:36 ` Simon Haynes
2003-08-19 15:01 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-08-14 12:19 ` Matti Aarnio
2003-08-14 12:28 ` Muli Ben-Yehuda
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