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=== Moving to Beagle ===
 
=== Moving to Beagle ===
  
On the beagle edit  
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On the beagle edit /lib/modules/2.6.32/modules.dep and add
 
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<pre>
On the Beagle…Two choices….
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/lib/modules/2.6.32/kernel/drivers/char/examples/hello1.ko:
My way:
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</pre>
$ cd /lib/modules/2.6.29-omap1
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Then copy the file <code>…/drivers/char/examples/hello1.ko</code> on the host computer to <code>/lib/modules/2.6.32/kernel/drivers/char/examples/</code> on your Beagle.  This can be done with a single command though you may have to mkdir the char/examples directory on the Beagle first.
$ edit modules.dep
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<pre>
add:
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$ cd …/drivers/char/examples
/lib/modules/2.6.29-omap1/kernel/drivers/char/examples/hello1.ko:
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$ rcp hello1.ko root@beagle:/lib/modules/2.6.32/kernel/drivers/char/examples
sftp …/drivers/char/examples/hello1.ko  
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</pre>
to Beagle
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Now, on the Beagle, modprobe the module and check the log file.
/lib/modules/2.6.29-omap1/kernel/drivers/char/examples/
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<pre>
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# /sbin/modprobe hello1
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# dmesg | tail -4
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</pre>
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You should see your Init message.  And then...
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<pre>
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# /sbin/modprobe -r hello1
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# dmesg | tail -4
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</pre>
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should show your Exit message.

Revision as of 05:37, 1 April 2011


Chapter 8 of the text [1] gives a nice example of a minimal device driver. The purpose of this lab is to implement that driver.

Minimal Device Driver Example

Compiling

Follow the 5 steps given in section 8.1.4 on page 205. You can get a copy of Listing 8-1 here (ECE497_Listings_for_Embedded_Linux_Primer_Chapter_8). Once finished you will have a file called hello1.c in .../drivers/char/examples and have the kernel configure file and Makefile updated for the new driver. See section 4.4 on page 89 for help with modifying the config files.

Note: There is a typo in Listing 8-2.

If you have created the crossCompileEnv.sh file and sourced it, all you have to do to make the modules is cd to the top of the kernel directory and then:

$ make modules

Mine took a while the first time as it appears to compile all the modules. The second it only took 31 seconds.

Moving to Beagle

On the beagle edit /lib/modules/2.6.32/modules.dep and add

/lib/modules/2.6.32/kernel/drivers/char/examples/hello1.ko:

Then copy the file …/drivers/char/examples/hello1.ko on the host computer to /lib/modules/2.6.32/kernel/drivers/char/examples/ on your Beagle. This can be done with a single command though you may have to mkdir the char/examples directory on the Beagle first.

$ cd …/drivers/char/examples
$ rcp hello1.ko root@beagle:/lib/modules/2.6.32/kernel/drivers/char/examples

Now, on the Beagle, modprobe the module and check the log file.

# /sbin/modprobe hello1
# dmesg | tail -4

You should see your Init message. And then...

# /sbin/modprobe -r hello1
# dmesg | tail -4

should show your Exit message.