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diff --git a/chapter06/createdeventries.sgml b/chapter06/createdeventries.sgml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f67390dd7 --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter06/createdeventries.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +<sect2> +<title>Creating the /dev entries</title> + +<para> +Create the device files by running the following commands: +</para> + +<blockquote><literallayout> + + <userinput>cd /dev &&</userinput> + <userinput>./MAKEDEV -v generic</userinput> + +</literallayout></blockquote> + +<para> +The <quote>generic</quote> parameter passed to the MAKEDEV script +doesn't create all the devices you might need, such as audio devices, +hdc, hdd and ohters. If you seem to be missing something tell MAKEDEV to +create it. To create hdc replace generic with hdc. You can also add hdc +to generic, so you would execute <userinput>./MAKEDEV -v generic +hdc</userinput> to create the generic set of devices files, plus the +files you need to be able to access hdc (and hdc1, hdc2, etc) +</para> + +<para> +Please note that this script dates back from 1997 and therefore can be +outdated and not support newer hardware. If you need device files which +aren't known by this script please read the Documentation/devices.txt +file in a Linux source tree. This file lists all the major and minor +numbers for all the device files that the kernel knows about. With this +list you can create such device files yourself. See the mknod man page +for more information on how to make device files yourself. +</para> + +</sect2> + |