nhmk/examples/chardev.h
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/*
* chardev.h - the header file with the ioctl definitions.
*
* The declarations here have to be in a header file, because they need
* to be known both to the kernel module (in chardev.c) and the process
* calling ioctl (ioctl.c).
*/
#ifndef CHARDEV_H
#define CHARDEV_H
#include <linux/ioctl.h>
/* The major device number. We can not rely on dynamic registration
* any more, because ioctls need to know it.
*/
#define MAJOR_NUM 100
/* Set the message of the device driver */
#define IOCTL_SET_MSG _IOW(MAJOR_NUM, 0, char *)
/* _IOW means that we are creating an ioctl command number for passing
* information from a user process to the kernel module.
*
* The first arguments, MAJOR_NUM, is the major device number we are using.
*
* The second argument is the number of the command (there could be several
* with different meanings).
*
* The third argument is the type we want to get from the process to the
* kernel.
*/
/* Get the message of the device driver */
#define IOCTL_GET_MSG _IOR(MAJOR_NUM, 1, char *)
/* This IOCTL is used for output, to get the message of the device driver.
* However, we still need the buffer to place the message in to be input,
* as it is allocated by the process.
*/
/* Get the n'th byte of the message */
#define IOCTL_GET_NTH_BYTE _IOWR(MAJOR_NUM, 2, int)
/* The IOCTL is used for both input and output. It receives from the user
* a number, n, and returns message[n].
*/
/* The name of the device file */
#define DEVICE_FILE_NAME "char_dev"
#endif