Tuesday, December 16, 2008

User-space Linux Device Drivers

I'm not sure this is a good idea to debug or test hardware and Linux kernel. Maybe!

OS: Linux Kernel 2.6.23 or later

Example:
[ ]# insmod /lib/modules/2.6.25.3-18.fc9.i686/kernel/drivers/uio/uio.ko
[ ]# insmod uXXX.ko

References:
Linux Magazine - Driver Shift (PDF) (Sample Code)
LWN.net - UIO: user-space drivers

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