Building and running modules

2 Building and Running Modules......Page 1 2.1 The "Hello World" Driver Module......Page 2 2.2 Compiling and Linking Drivers......Page 7 2.3 Version Dependency......Page 8 2.4 Kernel Modules vs. Applications......Page 10 2.5 Kernel Stack Space and The Current Process......Page 12 2.6.1 A Make File for SKULL......Page 13 2.8 Platform Dependency......Page 14 2.10 Initialization and Shutdown......Page 15 2.11 Error Handling in init_module......Page 16 2.12 The Usage Count......Page 17 2.13 Resource Allocation (I/O Ports and Memory)......Page 18 2.14 Automatic and Manual Configuration......Page 20 2.15 The SKULL Module......Page 21 2.16 Kernel Versions and HLA Header Files......Page 32 2.16.1 Converting C Header Files to HLA and Updating Header Files......Page 33 Table 1 : C vs. HLA Data Types......Page 34 2.16.2 Converting C Structs to HLA Records......Page 35 2.16.3 C Calling Sequences and Wrapper Functions/Macros......Page 37 2.17 Some Simple Debug Tools......Page 40