Hi... On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 07:35, Brian Paterni <bpaterni@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What I'm wondering though, is how production drivers handle the creation of > these special /dev/* files? "Real" kernel drivers do not depend on specialized > scripts to handle this, or do they? I've grepped through my entire /etc > directory and only found a few references to mknod in the checkroot, sysklogd, > and mountall init scripts. Likewise, there are only few references to the mknod > syscall in Linux's /drivers directory. I'm truly sucks at this area, but perhaps you need to read about udev and hotplug. -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
