Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 Mar 2007 11:01:29 -0800 | From | Randy Dunlap <> | Subject | Re: /dev/null implementation question |
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On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 19:01:39 +0100 Michael Nitschinger wrote:
> Hello, > > I asked myself how /dev/null is implemented in C, but i didn't find anything in the documentation or generally on the internet. It would be great if someone could tell me where i can find the source for this device or how it is implemented, because it's really hard for me to crawl through the whole sourcetree. > > thanks in advance, kind regards > Michael Nitschinger > > (p.s.: it would be great if you can Cc me in your answers because i am not subscribed to the mailinglist! thanks)
See linux/drivers/char/mem.c, look for null_fops.
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