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SubjectRe: File access
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).
Note 96.31% of all statistics are fiction.

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