On Mer, 2003-04-09 at 06:16, dave wrote:
> My report files work like this
> 1. OPEN
> Memory is allocated and status information is loaded into the memory
> 2. READ
> Normal read of the memory (report)
> 5. RELASE
> The report memory is freed
>
> so now I want my driver when is starts to make an mount point in /proc/lnvrm
> and then
/proc doesnt work that way. /proc works on the basis that each read
generates a new fake set of data, reports it and frees it.
> 1. how do you make a mount point in /proc ?
Just make a directory, you can mount over /proc/foo if you wish
> 2. how do you auto mount that point ?
You dont. You let the user do it
> 3 how do you make a device node in proc ? (I wont use this but it is
> interesting to me)
You dont
All this is actually a lot easier in 2.5 with libfs/sysfs for managing
system objects.
Alan
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