Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: How to read file in kernel module? | From | Marcel Holtmann <> | Date | Mon, 07 Feb 2005 11:13:24 +0100 |
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Hi,
> > I have written one /proc file creation kernel > > module. This module creates /proc/file and defied > > operations on it. Also i have written user program > > that will read & write to /proc files from user space. > > Now what i want is to use same bufproc_read & > > bufproc_write functions defined in /proc file > > handling kernel module to be used in another kernel > > module to read that /proc/file in kernel module.The > > second kernel module only used to read /proc file in > > kernel. I am not understanding how can i open that > > /proc/file in second kenrel module to read in kernel? > > regards, > > the answer really is that you should not read files from kernel > modules; /proc or otherwise.
the only thing that is may needed by a kernel driver should be an external firmware file and for that we have request_firmware(). For everything else you are on the wrong track.
Regards
Marcel
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