> I was recently trying a few Loadable Kernel Modules with Linux, and the
> traditional "Hello World!" module worked fine, except that I couldnt
> find which header file contains the prototype of printk() (gcc with
> -Wall gave a warning). Does any one know where is this function prototyped?
Sorry I don't know and unfounrtly not near a linux box to help. 8(
> Now for the bigger problem: When I opened /usr/include/linux/fs.h, I
> didn't find the definition of the "struct file{}", which I needed for a
> module, though it was there in /usr/src/linux-2.4/include/linux/fs.h.
> The /usr/include header contained only a portion of the kernel header.
> So my question is this: How do I get the definition if "file struct".
> Which are the correct headers to be used in the modules: the kernel
> headers from the src/ directory, or from the /usr/include directory?
Modules should (must?) use the headers in the src directory.
The headers in the include directory is for user land apps.
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