Hi, On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Rishi Agrawal<rishi.b.agrawal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello All, > > I have written a character device driver suppose abc.c > > 1) I want to load the device driver abc.ko on every boot of the system. > > How can I achieve this ? In kernel menuconfig you can select if driver will be compiled like module ([M] option) or will be included in kernel ([*] option). If you select second option your driver will be always loaded. Be aware if your driver must be loaded before some other drivers. But if no other dependency it is sufficient. > > > 2) I want the device /dev/abc_dev to be present whenever the system reboots. > The major and minor number should same as that of abc.ko when inserted. Create device node with command mknod /dev/abc c(for character device) <major number> <minor mumber> You need to be root to execute this command. > > How can this be done ? > -- > Regards, > Rishi B. Agrawal > http://www.linkedin.com/in/rishibagrawal > http://code.google.com/p/fscops/ > good luck, Marek -- as simple as primitive as possible ------------------------------------------------- Marek Belisko - OPEN-NANDRA Ruska Nova Ves 219 | Presov, 08005 Slovak Republic Tel: +421 915 052 184 skype: marekwhite icq: 290551086 web: http://open-nandra.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
