--- "Joseph A. Knapka" <jknapka@earthlink.net> wrote: > Christine Ames wrote: > > > > --- 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 > > Time to 'fess up, Christine: you're really an > LDD-bot Perlscript written by Mssrs. Rubini and Corbet, > yes? :-))) > Naw. I sent them fan mail, but they ignored me. Probably because I was writing a block device driver, and *admitted* it... BTW, finished the driver. Actually works, too. :-) I'd like to publicly thank many, many people here at kernel-newbies who have helped/encouraged me; from the guy who gave me "Basic Unix, Chapter One", to the one who said to wear my "flame-retardant underwear" and "fight the good fight". --Christine P.S. Steve, you might try contacting one of the authors/maintainers for network devices in the kernel (...drivers/net...). Some authors are really nice people who don't mind answering a few questions. __________________________________________________ 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/
