Re: proc_mknod() replacement

[Valdis . Kletnieks]

On Tue, 10 May 2005 01:06:08 +0800, KC said:

> Why I want to use proc_mknod() in driver ?  I write a small package, ovi-dev,
> which can be downloaded from
> http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/ovi
> The ovi-dev will scan the PCI bus and if it found, eg, 3 PCI devices, it
> will create 3 device entries (nodes) automatically at module load time.
> So number of device entries (nodes) will match number of devices
> of the system ... well, UNIX/Linux doesn't work that way ... there are a lot
> of device entries ... but no corresponding hardware existed.

Congrats.  You've re-invented udev.

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