Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Aug 2003 08:07:53 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: File access |
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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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