Re: File access from Kernel Code

From: Guenter Gebhardt <g.gebhardt_at_meilhaus.de> · Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 14:56:04 +0200

On Wednesday 18 September 2002 10:36, you wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 09:56:55AM +0200, Guenter Gebhardt wrote:
> > Hello,
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> > I want to access a file on the hard disk with firmware from driver code,
> > in order to load it into a device during device initialization.
>
> You can't.  See the -i option in comedi_config to load firmware.

Is this only true for modules programmed to fit into the comedi driver, or is 
it generally not possible for kernel code to access a file on the hard disk?

Gebhardt

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