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;
28 static const char default_greeting[] = "Hello, World!\n";
35 static int hello_open(struct inode *ino, struct file *fp)
37 struct hello_buffer *hello = kmalloc(sizeof(*hello) + 4000, GFP_KERNEL);
40 hello->private_data = hello;
44 static ssize_t hello_read(struct file *fp, char __user *buf, size_t sz,
50 static int hello_release(struct inode *ino, struct file *fp)
52 kfree(fp->private_data);
56 static const struct file_operations hello_fops = {
59 .release = hello_release,
63 static int __init ch_init(void)
66 r = alloc_chrdev_region(&devnum, 0, 256, "hello");
74 dev->ops = &hello_fops;
75 r = cdev_add(dev, devnum, 256);
78 printk(KERN_DEBUG "Allocate major %d\n", MAJOR(devnum));
83 unregister_chrdev_region(devnum, 256);
88 static void __exit ch_exit(void)
91 unregister_chrdev_region(devnum, 256);