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## File access within a device driver?

  Forum: Supporting Functions
  Keywords: file access device driver
  Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 10:51:25 GMT
  From: Paul Osborn <pao20@cam.ac.uk>

I have a device driver which locates a custom ISA card in I/O space, and then needs to download a 6kb configuration file to an FPGA on the card. Which functions should I use to read the datafile? Can stdio.h functions be used, or must special functions be used within the kernel?