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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion examples/chardev.c
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Expand Up @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static ssize_t device_read(struct file *filp, /* see include/linux/fs.h */
return bytes_read;
}

/* Called when a process writes to dev file: echo "hi" > /dev/hello */
/* Called when a process writes to dev file: echo "hi" | sudo tee /dev/chardev */
static ssize_t device_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buff,
size_t len, loff_t *off)
{
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