2 * Copyright (C) 2010 Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@holoscopio.com>
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19 #include <linux/module.h>
21 #include <linux/cdev.h>
22 #include <linux/slab.h>
24 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
27 static struct cdev *dev;
29 static int hello_open(struct inode *ino, struct file *fp)
31 printk(KERN_DEBUG "Hello, World!\n");
35 static const struct file_operations hello_fops = {
40 static int __init ch_init(void)
43 r = alloc_chrdev_region(&devnum, 0, 256, "hello");
51 dev->ops = &hello_fops;
52 r = cdev_add(dev, devnum, 256);
55 printk(KERN_DEBUG "Allocate major %d\n", MAJOR(devnum));
60 unregister_chrdev_region(devnum, 256);
65 static void __exit ch_exit(void)
68 unregister_chrdev_region(devnum, 256);