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hi guys, For registering a driver into kernel i am using "register_chrdev" with major number & file operations structure(character driver i2c based) Ques: what will happen if i put major ...
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  1. 03-14-2007 #1
    kingraja84
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    major number for register_driver

    hi guys,

    For registering a driver into kernel i am using "register_chrdev" with major number & file operations structure(character driver i2c based)

    Ques: what will happen if i put major number=0
    will kernel allocate any major number then, if so how to find what is the major number kernel allocated.
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  2. 03-14-2007 #2
    Franklin52
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    The function register_chrdev returns the major number of the registered device so you can print out the number with printk.
    You can also read it from /proc/devices.

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