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## return value of foo_write(...)

  Forum: Character Device Drivers
  Keywords: return values
  Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 21:42:46 GMT
  From: My name here <wicksr@swami.indy.tce.com>

In this section I noticed the example foo_write function returns 0 all the time. If I do this as well with my driver and do this:
    	echo "test" > /dev/foo_drv
the foo_write () function gets called indefinately. Furthermore, I have noticed that from the source of serial.c (from /usr/src/linux-2.0.0/drivers/char) always returns the number of characters transmitted. Do you have a typo? Also, why isn't there a DEFINITIVE list of return values for all functions? This is a bit confusing, but still much better than programming under NT :).
    	Thanks for the documentation anyhow!
-Rich