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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:06:14 -0700
From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: Wyatt Banks <banksw@fang.cs.sunyit.edu>
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Subject: Re: to MAKEDEV or not to MAKEDEV, that is my question
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On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 09:42:15AM -0400, Wyatt Banks wrote:
> Apparently on this mailing list there seems to be a lot of confusion about
> when to use makedev and what argument to pass it.  Is there an official
> guide that shows me exactly when I add an X to my system, that I need to
> makedev Y and makedev Z?

If that hardware uses devices, and when you try and access the
hardware the devices for it don't exist, you need to MAKEDEV them.

That's really about as difficult as it gets.

Kris

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