> over at http://code.google.com/p/ldd3/ > it says: > The famous "Linux Device Drivers" released the sample code. but the > code does not reflect the latest kernel updates, some of code cannot > even compile. This project is to make it compatible with the current > kernel. > > http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/ > http://examples.oreilly.com/9780596005900/ > > Neither the OReilly tarball, nor the googlecode's svn repo will compile for me > on an updated F-14 box, neither against uname -r, or a local git-tree. > > So I pulled the svn-tree, and made these changes. > I got a fair way to getting things to compile. > Changes are quick-n-dirty, and some may be wrong, > esp around workqueue stuff - I pretty much did what compiler told me, > w/o any analysis. > > I didnt even get compilation on the aio/iovec users, on the changes from 2003. > I havent really gotten my head around the whole conversion strategy; > I know a loop over iovec elements is probably needed, > but Im unclear where it should be. > > and Im unsure whether these functions are now cluttering up things. > > static void sculld_do_deferred_op(void *p) > static int sculld_defer_op(int write, struct kiocb *iocb, const struct > iovec *iov, > size_t count, loff_t pos) > > I guess the point is Ive run out of time now, and am hoping for a dose > of clarity, and further patches, to get LDD3 source compiling, up-to-date, > and reflecting current best practices. > > > GRUMBLING: its annoying that the googlecode web-page obfuscates the > site owner, making it impossible to reach him. > > Username: guanzhi1...@xxxxxxxxx You can actually see the mail ID. click on the dots and it will ask for a captcha and it will be revealed. Try that. - Thanks, Vikram _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
