Re: devfs_mk_cdev question

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Can you also tell me what "class_simple_device_add() " does then?

thanks again,

PA

----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg KH" <greg@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Paul Akkermans" <paulakkermans@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <debian-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "kernel newbie" <kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: devfs_mk_cdev question



On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 03:16:48PM +0100, Paul Akkermans wrote:
Hi group,

Can anybody tell me what happens in this piece of code:

mousedev_table[minor] = mousedev;

 devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(INPUT_MAJOR, MOUSEDEV_MINOR_BASE + minor),
   S_IFCHR|S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, "input/mouse%d", minor);
 class_simple_device_add(input_class,
    MKDEV(INPUT_MAJOR, MOUSEDEV_MINOR_BASE + minor),
    dev->dev, "mouse%d", minor);

I am especially interested in devfs_mk_cdev and what is means.

Can anybody help me?

It creates a devfs char device, if devfs is enabled in the kernel.

Personally I find the class_simple_device_add() stuff more interesting
:)

Hope this helps,

greg k-h

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