Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 15:03:02 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: David Banning <david@skytracker.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Making devices Message-ID: <20030408053301.GK61300@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20030408011236.A21900@skytrackercanada.com> References: <002101c2fd90$5e190090$6500a8c0@53ht32e66xyodz> <20030408011236.A21900@skytrackercanada.com>
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--M9kwpIYUMbI/2cCx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday, 8 April 2003 at 1:12:36 -0400, David Banning wrote: > On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 10:33:20PM -0700, A.Z. wrote: >> Quick question... >> >> How to create new devices under FreeBSD 5.0 ? >> In particular case I need to create bunch of bpf devices. They should appear automatically. You should have one if you have bpf configured or the kld loaded. When you open them, they clone. For example, $ ls -l /dev ... crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 0x00030004 Apr 7 14:52 audio0.3 crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 0 Apr 7 14:52 bpf0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 21, 0 Apr 7 14:52 bpsm0 $ tcpdump tcpdump: listening on wi0 15:00:16.755852 sydney.lemis.com.49156 > wantadilla.lemis.com.x11: P 1376454855:1376454919(64) ack 3154843215 win 33304 <nop,nop,timestamp 8684522 370287376> (DF) 15:00:16.756280 sydney.lemis.com.49156 > wantadilla.lemis.com.x11: P 64:312(248) ack 1 win 33304 <nop,nop,timestamp 8684522 370287376> (DF) ^C $ ls -l /dev ... crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 0x00030004 Apr 7 14:52 audio0.3 crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 0 Apr 7 14:52 bpf0 crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 1 Apr 7 14:52 bpf1 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 21, 0 Apr 7 14:52 bpsm0 > man MAKEDEV MAKEDEV no longer exists in FreeBSD 5.0. devfs creates the device nodes automatically. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers --M9kwpIYUMbI/2cCx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+kl8NIubykFB6QiMRAoMAAJ468cOV3vXxcAbna/5rtVrIaDZ4EACbBRw6 Lo0eYILhwfoXZj1g1b7naII= =XCtF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --M9kwpIYUMbI/2cCx--
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