Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:25:18 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: Franz Wegwerf <wegwerf4@gmx.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: creating device node? Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20070406142321.02535d38@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <46168E54.2090805@gmx.de> References: <46168E54.2090805@gmx.de>
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At 01:15 PM 4/6/2007, Franz Wegwerf wrote:
>A program wants to have access to /dev/tap3 which doesn't exist on my machine.
>I'm a newbie to FreeBSD running FreeBSD 6 and trying wesside but got stuck
>with this error message: "Can't open tap: ..."
>
>Any help apreciated!
>Franz
In FreeBSD 5.X and beyond the /dev entries are created automatically on
bootup. If a device isn't being created check your dmesg that the device
is found and properly identified. Some devices may need a kernel change or
kernel module loaded.
-Derek
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