Building and running modules

2 Building and Running Modules......Page 1
2.1 The \"Hello World\" Driver Module......Page 2
2.2 Compiling and Linking Drivers......Page 7
2.3 Version Dependency......Page 8
2.4 Kernel Modules vs. Applications......Page 10
2.5 Kernel Stack Space and The Current Process......Page 12
2.6.1 A Make File for SKULL......Page 13
2.8 Platform Dependency......Page 14
2.10 Initialization and Shutdown......Page 15
2.11 Error Handling in init_module......Page 16
2.12 The Usage Count......Page 17
2.13 Resource Allocation (I/O Ports and Memory)......Page 18
2.14 Automatic and Manual Configuration......Page 20
2.15 The SKULL Module......Page 21
2.16 Kernel Versions and HLA Header Files......Page 32
2.16.1 Converting C Header Files to HLA and Updating Header Files......Page 33
Table 1 : C vs. HLA Data Types......Page 34
2.16.2 Converting C Structs to HLA Records......Page 35
2.16.3 C Calling Sequences and Wrapper Functions/Macros......Page 37
2.17 Some Simple Debug Tools......Page 40