On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 06:06 -0500, Gopu Bhaskar wrote:
> > > const char msg[] = "hello";
> > >
> > > static ssize_t Device_read(struct file *filp,char *buf,size_t
> > > count,loff_t *offset)
> > > {
> > > if (*offset >= sizeof(msg) )
> > > {
> > > return 0;
> > > }
> > >
> > > count = sizeof(msg);
> >
> > Here's your error, that should be count = strlen(msg);
>
> sizeif(msg) would give the size of the array msg. i.e. 6
> Although the useage is not good, serves the purpose here.
>
yeah, i agree. but this was just a quick test thing i was
trying............so overlooked it!
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