Messages in this thread | | | From | Manu Abraham <> | Subject | Re: Minor numbers under 2.6 | Date | Wed, 2 Jun 2004 21:49:30 +0400 |
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On Wednesday 02 Jun 2004 6:49 pm, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 03:19:32PM +0400, Manu Abraham wrote: > > Hi, > > Can somebody clarify a question that i have ? > > > > Say under 2.4 kernel, char device drivers had a minor number of int. In > > the 2.6 kernels, this number was increased to 20 bits from 8 bits. Under > > 2.6 i could use "mknod -c major, minor". > > > > How can i achieve something similar with 2.6 taking into consideration > > that i have to create more than 255 minors ? > > The same way: > # mknod foo c 100 10000 > # ls -l foo > crw-r--r-- 1 root root 100, 10000 Jun 2 07:48 foo > > Just make sure you have a up to date glibc. > > Hope this helps, > > greg k-h
Thanks a lot, I was breaking my head to understand what the hell was going on.
Thanks again,
Regards, Manu
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