U attach the device structure into the device table . which is filled with
pointers to our read and write functions .while registering a proc entry also we can fill such functional pointers .
up up and away
shyam
On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 14:36:54 +0530, Amith <amith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Shyamjith wrote:
Shyamjith ,There is *NO* Copyto_User. There are copy_to_user and copy_from_user.
And anway, these are NOT a method of communication -- they are the
low-level mechanizm under some of them. The mechanizms available are: 1) Character device
2>>) ioctl on character device
3) procfs file 4) Netlink socket
See i think we are talking about kernel programming . What i mean to say is
that there is only two ways to communiacte to user space . One through a
registerd read or write functions
what did you mean by a registered read/write function ? i couldnt understand , please clarify /
cheers, Amith
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