Re: usage count

[Rahul Iyer <idlisambar@xxxxxxxxx>]

> int major;
>
> static int
> char_open(
>                struct inode *inode,    /*What Inode is this ?*/
>  
The struct inode corresponding to the file being opened. In your case, 
/dev/trial2.

>                struct file * file              /*What File is this ? */
>  
The struct file corresponding to the file descriptor given to you whn 
you called open() on this device file.

>                ) {
>  
thanks
rahul


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