Hi Dirk,
One minor correction, the filesystem will certainly need
an entry for binder as "/dev/binder". However the major number would
be 10 (major number for "misc" devices) and the minor number would be
as given by cat /proc/misc for binder device.
Warm Regards,
Anil
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Anil Sasidharan
<anils@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Dirk,
>
> The m5-rc14 release of android kernel source has updated
> the binder module as one of the "misc" modules (along with other
> Android specific "misc" modules like power, logger etc.). So you won't
> find the binder entry in /proc/devices, instead you will have to cat
> /proc/misc to view the minor number of binder. Hence there is no
> significance for the /dev/binder device node and you can remove that
> entry from your file system. The ".config" file that was used to
> configure my kernel is attached herewith. This config file does not
> have an entry for "CONFIG_BINDER" as it is obsolete and got a new
> configuration entry "CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDER_IPC".
>
> Hope this will help you to overcome the problem.
>
>
> Warm Regards,
> Anil
>
> >>Great!
>
> >>As it seems that I still have some problems with /dev/binder and my
> display settings: Do you kindly like to send me:
>
> >>- Output of your
>
> >>cat /proc/devices | grep binder
> >>ls -la /dev/binder
>
> >>- Your kernel .config
>
> >>?
>
> >>Many thanks
>
> >>Dirk
>
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