I guess I should have mentioned that I already have a copy (an actual physical copy) of that book. They have a whole chapter on writing a network driver, but unless I'm missing something (and I've read the chapter a few times now), they don't actually describe how to access the driver. I'm assuming that it's a user space thing and outside the scope of the book, but it would still be useful information... -Steve -----Original Message----- From: Christine Ames [mailto:clgisotti@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 1:02 PM To: steve_lustbader@hsgmed.com; felipewd@terra.com.br Cc: kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org Subject: RE: Kernel module <-> user communication --- steve_lustbader@hsgmed.com wrote: > I'd like to tie the user and kernel parts together more tightly > than using ioctls if possible. If I have to use ioctl, though, I > will. How do I get a file descriptor to my device? It's a network > driver, not a char driver, so there's no /dev/foo entry. > I'm not an expert on network devices, but Rubini and Corbet know everything, no? Well...no, but try this link anyway: http://www.xml.com/ldd/chapter/book/ch14.html Harmony, --Christine __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
