Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 06:26:17 +0300 From: "toxa" <postfix@sendmail.ru> To: <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: making devices in freebsd5 Message-ID: <000701c3c2bb$34d43060$0202a8c0@karputer>
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I don't know if freebsd-current maillist sutable for my question but let me explain it. When I use freebsd-4, I can include any device in kernel or load it as module, and if there is no appropriate device in /dev I can use MAKEDEV script to create it. The common example is 'watch' utility which requires not only 'device snp' in kernel or 'kldload snp' but /dev/snp0 (snp1, etc) also for working, so I go to /dev and type ./MAKEDEV snp0. But FreeBSD5 is using devfs, and there is no MAKEDEV in it. I kldload snp but cat't see /dev/snp? created, and I don't know how to create it by hand. I was looking through snp, kldload, and watch manpages and freebsd maillist archive but cannot see anything about this. So how can I create appropriate device (snp0 actually) or which program should do this for me? Thanks
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