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developersguide:driverprogramming [2017/05/24 20:54]
e_szabados service is now called minix-service, module messages are written to system log.
developersguide:driverprogramming [2022/02/07 10:41]
dcvmoole Rearrange order of instructions (suggestion by jinnjus)
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-Ignore the sef_startup() call for now. We'll explain its purpose later. ​Now try to see if everything compiles correctly:+Ignore the sef_startup() call for now. We'll explain its purpose later.
  
-<code bash> +In addition, we must create ​//​hello.conf//​ file. It contains the permissions for the service. Each device driver typically only needs to access one real hardware device, and uses a few functions provided by Minix. To give our simple hello try-out driver enough permissions to experiment with, create //​hello.conf//​ with:
-# make clean +
-# make +
-# make install +
-</​code>​ +
-If you did not receive any errors, it is time to try and run the device driver. Before we do that, we must create ​the //​hello.conf//​ file. It contains the permissions for the service. Each device driver typically only needs to access one real hardware device, and uses a few functions provided by Minix. To give our simple hello try-out driver enough permissions to experiment with, create //​hello.conf//​ with:+
  
 //​hello.conf//:​ //​hello.conf//:​
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-Starting, stopping and restarting device drivers must be done using the **minix-service(8)** command. To start the hello program, enter the following command:+Now try to see if everything compiles correctly:​ 
 + 
 +<code bash> 
 +# make clean 
 +# make 
 +# make install 
 +</​code>​ 
 +If you did not receive any errors, it is time to try and run the device driver. ​Starting, stopping and restarting device drivers must be done using the **minix-service(8)** command. To start the hello program, enter the following command:
  
 <code bash> <code bash>
developersguide/driverprogramming.txt · Last modified: 2022/02/10 14:58 by stux