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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 11:55:11 +0200
From: Matthias Fuchs <matthias.fuchs@esd-electronics.com>
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Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: How to get rid of unused data in LKM]
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Hi Dan,

that's a better idea. I think I will do that if there is no way to free
the firmware data from my module.

I found a little code snippet to do kernel file access. It does not seem to be that complicated.

Thanks
Matthias


> Couldn't you do a kernel file open during module_init, store the
> PCI device code and close the file?
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan


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