Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:05:37 -0500 From: Bob Johnson <fbsdlists@gmail.com> To: "c.s.prakash" <csprakash@gmail.com> Cc: bobo1009@mailtest2.eng.ufl.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to create device files in FreeBSD 6 Message-ID: <54db43990512200705x2b28f125t8a31d80b21459b15@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <43A8177D.2010007@locolomo.org> References: <43A812B9.7030905@gmail.com> <43A8177D.2010007@locolomo.org>
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On 12/20/05, Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> wrote: > 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. I believe the serial driver is still enabled in the generic kernel.=20 Perhaps, if you haven't built a custom kernel, you have the serial port disabled in the BIOS settings? If your serial port is actually a USB to serial converter, you will need to load its driver. - Bob
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