Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2001-03-15

Re: Accessing file from drivers

From: Wolfgang Denk <hidden>
Date: 2001-03-15 14:04:31

In message [ref] you wrote:
  Is it possible to read and write to files (say /etc/xyz)
in a device driver without resorting to user space?  I want
You do not want to do this. It's bad design. Implement an ioctl() for
the configuration, and use that.

Wolfgang Denk

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