> Hi all,
>
> How to use sys_mknod function call in the driver init_module.
> Currently my init_module function looks like as follows. I am trying
> to create a device file in my init_module itself.
>
> static int __init init_my_module(void)
> {
> char device_name[15] = {'\0'};
> Major = register_chrdev(0, DEVICE_NAME, &fops);
> if(Major < 0)
> {
> printk(KERN_ALERT "Registering char device failed with
%d\n",
> Major);
> return Major;
> }
> printk(KERN_INFO "I was assigned major number %d. To talk to
> \n", Major);
> printk(KERN_INFO "the driver\n");
> printk(KERN_INFO "Try various minor numbers. Try to cat and
> echo to\n"); printk(KERN_INFO "the device file.\n");
> printk(KERN_INFO "Remove the device file and module when
> done.\n");
>
> sys_mknod = sys_call_table[ __NR_mknod];
> sprintf(device_name, "/dev/%s", DEVICE_NAME);
> set_fs( get_ds() );
> sys_mknod(device_name, S_IFCHR|0666, MKDEV(Major,1));
> return SUCCESS;
> }
>
> I am getting following warning....
>
> *** Warning: "sys_call_table"
> [/home/NTEK-APPL/MODULE_PG/CHP4/chardev.ko] undefined!
>
> It looks like to me "sys_call_table" is not exported to kernel.
> If it is true then how to export it else how to solve this problem.
>
> Currently I am manually creating the device file using mknod in
shell.
>
> Thanks
> Manjunath Naik
Dear Manjunath,
You can create the nodes in the init modules using the following way.
static struct class_simple *dev_class;
dev_class = class_simple_create(THIS_MODULE, "dev_name");
if(IS_ERR(dev_class))
printk("Error creating device class\n");
for (i=0; i<3; i++)
{
class_simple_device_add(dev_class,
MKDEV(device_major,i),
NULL, "dev_name%d",i);
}
You can also remove the created node in the cleanup module by the
following way.
for(i=0; i<3; i++)
{
class_simple_device_remove(MKDEV(device_major,i));
}
class_simple_destroy(dev_class);
This was tested using the 2.6.9-1.667 kernel version. I think it may
work with other 2.6.x kernels.
For more information you can go through the following link.
http://lwn.net/images/pdf/LDD3/ch14.pdf
You can find the information from the 42nd page of the chapter and
headed by UDEV.
I think this solves your problem. If not let us know.
Thanks and Regards,
Srinivas G
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