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This is Task 06 of the Eudyptula Challenge
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Nice job with the module loading macros. Those are tricky, but a very
valuable skill to know about, especially when running across them in
real kernel code.
Speaking of real kernel code, let's write some!
The tasks this time are:
- Take the kernel module you wrote for task 01, and modify it to be a
misc char device driver. The misc interface is a very simple way to
be able to create a character device, without having to worry about
all of the sysfs and character device registration mess. And what a
mess it is, so stick to the simple interfaces wherever possible.
- The misc device should be created with a dynamic minor number, no
need running off and trying to reserve a real minor number for your
test module, that would be crazy.
- The misc device should implement the read and write functions.
- The misc device node should show up in /dev/eudyptula.
- When the character device node is read from, your assigned id is
returned to the caller.
- When the character device node is written to, the data sent to the
kernel needs to be checked. If it matches your assigned id, then
return a correct write return value. If the value does not match
your assigned id, return the "invalid value" error value.
- The misc device should be registered when your module is loaded, and
unregistered when it is unloaded.
- Provide some "proof" this all works properly.
As you will be putting your id into the kernel module, of course you
haven't forgotten it, but just to be safe, it's "[redacted]".