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Re: Unable to read/write in kernel module



On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 06:59:37PM -0800, Junhan Zhang (junhan) wrote:
> I have a compact flash with 2 partitions /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda2.
> I tried to open("/dev/hda2", O_RDWR, 0644); which is from user space.
> It is fine to write/read. However, after I moved to kernel module, I
> always got return 0 for read/write. My source code is below. Could
> you help me figure out the problem? Thanks.

Please read the FAQ:

  http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ/WhyWritingFilesFromKernelIsBad


Erik

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