Hi Stephan, On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 2:58 PM, StephanT <stman937-linewbie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello, > > This question is related to a simple driver implementing a miscellaneous device > under 2-6-32 ...snip... > Looks like the mode = 0666 was successfully passed to the kernel: > >> cat /sys/class/misc/lab1/uevent > MAJOR=10 > MINOR=54 > DEVNAME=lab1 > DEVMODE=0666 Since udev is just a user-mode task, all of its file creation stuff will be additionally affected by umask, including the creation of the dev node for your device. So you'll either need to modify your global umask, or add a udev rule for your driver which explicitly sets the mode. -- Dave Hylands Shuswap, BC, Canada http://www.DaveHylands.com/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
