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Date:      Tue, 20 Dec 2005 15:38:53 +0100
From:      Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org>
To:        "c.s.prakash" <csprakash@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how to create device files in FreeBSD 6
Message-ID:  <43A8177D.2010007@locolomo.org>
In-Reply-To: <43A812B9.7030905@gmail.com>
References:  <43A812B9.7030905@gmail.com>

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c.s.prakash wrote:

> i have an external modem connected to serial port, i cant find any 
> deivce /dev/cuaa0 for serial port to connect,
> and i cant able to create using mknod in /dev/ directory but i it is 
> possible in other directory, i did this as root.
> 
> how can i create the device uing devfs,

You shouldn't need to, devfs automatically updates /dev when new 
hardware is attached. It is likely that the correct driver isn't loaded.

If the device driver is not compiled into the kernel then you can load a 
kernel module with kldload - assuming the device is supported.

Cheers, Erik

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