as of yesterday, i'm now a (the?) active maintainer of the 2.6 version of the Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide (henceforth "LKMPG") that you can find here (along with the older 2.4 version): http://www.tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/ in addition to your basic aesthetic fixups, i'm already fixing obvious breakage in some of the example modules that haven't kept up with the 2.6 kernel. for example, there's a sample module here: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.6/html/x1194.html that (allegedly) causes your keyboard LEDs to blink upon module insertion, until you remove said module. that sample module code does not currently build for a couple reasons: 1) it includes "linux/config.h" which doesn't even exist anymore, and 2) it includes "linux/console_struct.h" directly and indirectly more than once, which is a header file that is currently unprotected against multiple inclusion which causes a build error. i've already submitted a short patch to LKML to fix console_struct.h, and have submitted a patch to fix kbleds.c in the LKMPG CVS tree. those fixes are enough to get a functioning module. there are other sample modules that also don't work, such as: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.6/html/x1211.html because the workqueue stuff has also changed. to make a long story short, if anyone wants to start reading that guide and test the examples and e-mail me fixes, that would be great since it would be nice not to have to do all that by myself. and you had nothing better to do anyway, right? :) rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page ======================================================================== -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
