New to linux drivers programmation

[Winterrage]

Hello everyone,

We're having a class at the university where you have to program various basic Linux Drivers. Right now i'm trying to compile those drivers from home. I'm having this simple driver:
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#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/module.h>

static int hello_init(void)
{
printk(KERN_ALERT "Hello World!");
return 0;
}

static void hello_exit(void)
{
printk(KERN ALERT "Goodbye Cruel World");
}

module_init(hello_init);
module_exit(hello_exit);
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However, i'm trying to compile using a standard gcc -O -c helloworld.c and i'm getting these errors:

linux/init.h is not found
linux/module.h is not found

Is there any pre-requisite for drivers programmation?

Thanks!

[ruy_lopez]

You need a built and configured kernel to build kernel modules.

Download chapter two from here (http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/)

Its a good idea to read all of the chapters.

Also, for compiling a kernel, see TSEliot's howto

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=56835

[Winterrage]

Will do!

Thanks for your time :)

[JamesUser]

Read this thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=687226

You need kernel headers in order to compile any device driver.