Re: Module programming - Basic query !

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Jan Hudec wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 17:14:21 +0530, Amith wrote:
> > ok - proc1  isnt something great. It stores data written to it "echo "abcd" >
> > /proc/myfile"  and gives it back when u "cat /proc/myfile" - it maintains a buffer of
> > chars internally - thats all and its usecount was one somehow  - i wanted to rmmod it -
> > didnt feel like rebooting the mcahine so came remover.c .
>
> Though I can't currently find where that happens, I'd suspect the /proc
> code to claim usage of your module if the file is opened. Didn't it
> remain open or somethig like that?
>
> By the way, ever heared of the -f option to rmmod?

amith>
                 i just tried cat /proc/myfile once - it returned what i had echo'ed using
"echo "abcd" > /proc/myfile previously.
                 i ve never tried -f with rmmod .


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