Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:13:59 +0100 | From | Horst Schirmeier <> | Subject | Re: udev/hotplug and automatic /dev node creation |
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On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 03:47:10AM +0100, Horst Schirmeier wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm looking for documentation regarding how to write a Linux kernel > > module that creates its own /dev node via udev/hotplug. > > register_chrdev() and a simple udev/rules.d/ entry don't seem to be > > sufficient... > > Yes, register_chrdev() will do nothing for udev. > > Take a look at the book, Linux Device Drivers, third edition (free > online). In the chapter about the driver model, there is a section > about what udev needs. The functions it says to use are no longer in > the kernel, but it should point you in the right direction (hint, use > class_device_create().)
Thank you very much, I'll look into this book and class_device_create().
> If you have a pointer to your code, I can probably knock out a patch for > you very quickly.
I have no doubt you'll be able to do that, but my primary intention is to dig into that myself :) thanks again.
Kind regards, Horst
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