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Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 17:26:35 +0200 (SAST)
From: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linux.realnet.co.sz>
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To: David Stroupe <dstroupe@keyed-upsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: Q: Interfacing to driver
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On Sun, 24 Feb 2002, David Stroupe wrote:

> I have created a driver for a custom board.  This driver exports the 
> functions that I need to access from my user programs to control the 
> card.  How do I declare and call this driver function within my user 
> code so that it will call the device driver function?

Usually done with an ioctl (Check out many of the character drivers for 
example), you oughta send these kinda questions to the kernelnewbies list 
though (CCd)

	Zwane


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