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.gitignore

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+*~
+*.ko
+*.mod*
+*.o
+*.cmd
+Module.symvers
+modules.order
+.tmp_versions/

Makefile

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+obj-m := fake-device.o
+KDIR  := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
+PWD   := $(shell pwd)
+DEPMOD:=$(shell which depmod)
+# possible bug: maybe this will work only on debian based systems
+SYSMAP:= /boot/System.map-$(shell uname -r)
+
+default:
+	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
+
+install:
+	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules_install
+	$(DEPMOD) -ae -F $(SYSMAP)
+
+clean:
+	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) clean

fake-device.c

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+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+
+static char *name = "fake-device";
+
+static struct platform_device *pdev;
+
+static int __init fake_device_init(void)
+{
+  printk(KERN_INFO "nameis %s", name);
+  pdev = platform_device_register_simple(name, 0, NULL, 0);
+  if (IS_ERR(pdev))
+    return PTR_ERR(pdev);  
+  
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit fake_device_exit(void)
+{
+  platform_device_unregister(pdev);
+}
+
+module_param(name, charp, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(name, "Device name");
+
+module_init(fake_device_init)
+module_exit(fake_device_exit)
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");