I have just started writing a character driver.So, i when inserted my first driver code that prints "hello kernel" from init_module1 and "Bye kernel" from exit module in kernel log. When i insert the driver and use dmesg to see kernel log i cant find the "Hello kernel" message but when i remove the driver(using rmmod) i get both "Hello kernel" as well as "Bye kernel" in the log. Cant figure out how & why. This is my code...
header.h
#include<linux/init.h>
#include<linux/module.h>
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
init.c
#include"header.h"
static int init_module1(void)
{
printk(KERN_ALERT "Hello kernel");
return 0;
}
module_init(init_module1);
exit.c
#include"header.h"
static void exit_module(void)
{
printk(KERN_ALERT "Bye Kernel");
}
module_exit(exit_module);
Makefile-
INSTALLDIR= $(shell pwd)/modules
ifneq ($(KERNELRELEASE),)
obj-m := c.o
c-objs := init.o exit.o
else
KERNDIR ?= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
PWD := $(shell pwd)
default:
$(MAKE) -C $(KERNDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
@rm -rf $(INSTALLDIR)
@mkdir $(INSTALLDIR)
@mv *.ko *.mod.c *.o .*.cmd $(INSTALLDIR)
clean:
rm -rf $(INSTALLDIR)
endif
The kernel log handles only complete lines. Add the missing new line character:
printk(KERN_ALERT "Hello kernel\n");