On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 09:23:17PM -0800, Aurelian Pop wrote: > I tried using devfs, it is installed, devfsd up and running. ... > I have changed makedev.napi like this: > > rm -rf /dev/dvb > mkdir /dev/dvb > chmod 755 /dev/dvb > > mkdir /dev/dvb/card0 > chmod 755 /dev/dvb/card0 > mknod -m 0666 /dev/dvb/card0/video0 c 250 0 ... > Since in devfs the major/minor numbers are not used, how > should the mknod commands look like? It somehow has no sense > specifying them, but on the other hand mknod requires that > parameter (because using c type devices)... Is mknod > supposed to be used to create the devfiles??
The whole idea of devfs is that you *do not* use mknod to create device nodes. They are created automatically when the drivers are loaded. The purpose of devfsd is only to create legacy device name links or set permissions/ownership of device nodes. HTH, Johannes -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
