Re: /dev/zero

From: Bill Davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
Date: Tue Apr 23 2002 - 17:46:10 EST

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On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, blesson paul wrote:

> I need some more information about /dev/zero. I need to replace the device
> driver of /dev/zero(I do not know whether I can name the program controlling
> the /dev/zero as device driver). How to do the job. If I cannot replace the
> device driver of /dev/zero, how to create a new charecter device and load my
> device driver.

I have to ask, WHY? Is this because you want to return a value other
than zero, to to improve the performance of /dev/zero, or just to write a
driver (/dev/one could be used ;-).

-- bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.

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