... information at load time using printk and returns an
error (so there's no need to unload it ):
kernel: arch Size: char short int long ptr
long-long u8 u 16 u32 u64
kernel: sparc64 1 2 4 8 8 8 ... 2 4 8
sparc 1 2 4 4 4 8
1 2 4 8
sparc64 1 2 4 4 4 8
1 2 4 8
kernel: arch Align: char short int long ptr long-
long u8 u 16 u32 u64
kernel: sparc64 1 2 4 8 8 8
1 2 4 8
It&apo...
... registers:
Vendor id: 80 86
Device id: 1223
I/O space enabled: n
Memory enabled: y
Master enabled: y
Revision id (decimal ): 0
Programmer Interface: 00
Class of device: 0400
Header type: 00 ... function device: n
Optional registers:
Base Address 0: f1000000
Base Address 0 Is I/O: n
Base Address 0 is 64 -bits: n
Base Address 0 is below-1M: n
Base Address 0 is prefe...
... Alessandro's description of this mechanism at
http://www .linux. it/kerneldocs/sysctl.
ipc and lib
Chapter 16 :Physical Layout of the Kernel Source
So far, we've talked about the Linux kernel from ... back end of the sysctlmechanism, [66 ] and the latter is just
a list of EXPORT_SYMBOL declarations. There are several such files all over
the kernel, usually one in ea...
... 1 :An Introduction to Device Drivers
As the popularity of the Linux system continues to grow, the interest in
writing Linux device drivers steadily increases. Most of Linux is
independent of ... dissect a few more of the
kernel's software interfaces: Chapter 6, " ;Flow of Time& quot; shows how time is
managed in the kernel, and Chapter 7, "Getting H...
... something else. Several
software abstractions (such as kernel timers, introduced in Chapter 6, " ;Flow
of Time& quot;) run asynchronously as well. Moreover, of course, Linux can run
on symmetric ... parameter skull_sval, the
parameters could be set at module load time with an insmod command like:
insmod skull skull_ival =66 6 skull_sval="the beast"
However, befo...
...
The Design of scull
The first step of driver writing is defining the capabilities (the mechanism)
the driver will offer to user programs. Since our " ;device& quot; is part of the
6 lp
7 ... the
6 lp
7 vcs
10 misc
13 input
14 sound
21 sg
180 usb
Block devices:
2 fd
8 sd
11 sr
65 sd
66 sd
The script to load a module that has been assigned a dyn...
...
copies of the device depending on the process opening it.
Clearly this is possible only if the device is not bound to a hardware object;
scull is an example of such a "software'' device. ... versions of Linux used 16- bit
numbers: the top eight were the "magic'' number associated with the device,
and the bottom eight were a sequential number, u...