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Old 05-11-2011, 07:25 AM   #1
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Can we use fifos for transfering data from device driver to an user application?

Can we use fifos for transfering data from device driver to an user application?
 
Old 05-11-2011, 08:55 AM   #2
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Yes this is possible,

Use kfifo in the device driver.
Using the READ file operation the user can then read bytes from the fifo.

Don't know what you exactly want to achieve, but this shoud be a start.

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