hello,
i compiled the following program without error.The concept of the program is reading the data from the device file...i dont know how to check this output..can anyone help me to check this program output and the explanation why?....Thank you
This is the program which i compiled it
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
int init_module(void);
void cleanup_module(void);
static int device_open(struct inode *, struct file *);
static int device_release(struct inode *, struct file *);
static ssize_t device_read(struct file *, char *, size_t, loff_t *);
static ssize_t device_write(struct file *, const char *, size_t, loff_t *);
#define SUCCESS 0
#define DEVICE_NAME "chardev"
#define BUF_LEN 80
static int Major;
static int Device_Open = 0;
static char msg[BUF_LEN];
static char *msg_Ptr;
static struct file_operations fops = {
.read = device_read,
.write = device_write,
.open = device_open,
.release = device_release
};
int init_module(void)
{
Major = register_chrdev(0, DEVICE_NAME, &fops);
if (Major < 0) {
printk(KERN_ALERT "Registering char device failed with %d\n", Major);
return Major;
}
printk(KERN_INFO "I was assigned major number %d. To talk to\n", Major);
printk(KERN_INFO "the driver, create a dev file with\n");
printk(KERN_INFO "'mknod /dev/%s c %d 0'.\n", DEVICE_NAME, Major);
printk(KERN_INFO "Try various minor numbers. Try to cat and echo to\n");
printk(KERN_INFO "the device file.\n");
printk(KERN_INFO "Remove the device file and module when done.\n");
return SUCCESS;
}
void cleanup_module(void)
{
int ret = unregister_chrdev(Major, DEVICE_NAME);
if (ret < 0)
printk(KERN_ALERT "Error in unregister_chrdev: %d\n", ret);
}
static int device_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
static int counter = 0;
if (Device_Open)
return -EBUSY;
Device_Open++;
sprintf(msg, "I already told you %d times Hello world!\n", counter++);
msg_Ptr = msg;
try_module_get(THIS_MODULE);
return SUCCESS;
}
static int device_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
Device_Open--;
module_put(THIS_MODULE);
return 0;
}
static ssize_t device_read(struct file *filp,char *buffer,size_t length,loff_t * offset)
{
int bytes_read = 0;
if (*msg_Ptr == 0)
return 0;
while (length && *msg_Ptr) {
put_user(*(msg_Ptr++), buffer++);
length--;
bytes_read++;
}
return bytes_read;
}
static ssize_t device_write(struct file *filp, const char *buff, size_t len, loff_t * off)
{
printk(KERN_ALERT "Sorry, this operation isn't supported.\n");
return -EINVAL;
}
