> also, the ELDD book claims that misc_register() calls the kernel > routine class_device_create(). i'm looking at the entire > kernel implementation for misc drivers in drivers/char/misc.c, and > what i see is a call to device_create() instead. i suspect i should > start following the flow of control here, but i'm still curious as to > how that /dev file came into existence without any obvious help > from udev. In linux 2.6.20,kernel still use class_device_create(). After linux 2.6.22(maybe,I can't remember),kernel use device_create() instead of class_device_create(). _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
