Messages in this thread | | | From | "Bloch, Jack" <> | Subject | Question concerning PCI device driver | Date | Tue, 25 Jun 2002 09:21:46 -0400 |
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I have written a device driver for a cPCI board which is currently running under a 2.2 Kernel. When I load the driver via insmod, I register it it as a CHRDEV to get the major number assigned dynamically. My application uses this to build the node dynamically whenever it is started. This provides a clean interface for IOCTL commands.
I am now porting this driver to a 2.4 Kernel and in the Linux device driver book it talks about using pci_module_init. How do I get the major number to allow for IOCTL commands? Or alternatively is there a different way to interface IOCTL's to a PCI driver. By the way the board is not a network interface but a very specialized 8 bit serial interface. Please CC me directly in any responses.
Thanks in advance.
Jack Bloch Siemens Carrier Networks e-mail : jack.bloch@icn.siemens.com phone : (561) 923-6550
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