linux-kernel - Re: Problem with writing virtual serial device driver.

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Message-ID: <20110825155456.4784f16d@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:54:56 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Dawid Ciężarkiewicz <dawidc@...abs.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Problem with writing virtual serial device driver.

On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:29:21 +0200
Dawid Ciężarkiewicz <dawidc@...abs.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm working on virtual serial driver for paravirtualized Linux instance.
> 
> I'm using documentation available on the web and doing mostly fine,
> but hit some weird issue.
> 
> The problem is: my driver successfully registers serial device, the
> appropriate devices get created under /dev, but no matter what I do
> with the

The first question would be what error code you get when you try and open
your new device, that would tell you much, and help identify your problem.
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