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Subject: Re: question about creating char device in 2.4 
From: corbet@lwn.net (Jonathan Corbet)
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> How would you go about hooking in to the 2.4 char device code to do 
> something equivalent?

Linux Device Drivers has a great deal of discussion on portability between
2.2 and 2.4; it also has example code which could be easily adapted to
create your "finite capacity bit bucket" device.  It's available online at
http://www.xml.com/ldd/chapter/book/index.html, but, of course, you'll want
to go and buy at least three copies for your desk...

jon

Jonathan Corbet
Executive editor, LWN.net
corbet@lwn.net
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