> On Sat, May 25, 2019 at 12:37:17PM +0100, Dragan Cvetic wrote: > > +static int xsdfec_dev_open(struct inode *iptr, struct file *fptr) > > +{ > > + return 0; > > +} > > + > > +static int xsdfec_dev_release(struct inode *iptr, struct file *fptr) > > +{ > > + return 0; > > +} > > empty open/close functions are never needed, just drop them. > open() is needed to allocate file descriptor eg. fd = open(dev_name, O_RDWR); Please, advise if you have some other idea in mind Thanks Dragan