Re: Anyway to mknod from kernel?

Alexandre Hautequest (hquest@istm.com.br)
Tue, 26 Oct 1999 16:02:51 -0200

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Bret Indrelee wrote:
>
> Is there any way for the kernel module to do the 'mknod' commands from
> within the module? I would rather have the code create the inode rather than
> needing a separate script that creates each of the minor device numbers.
>
> Has anyone done this in one of their device drivers?

I think devfs do what you need.

> -Bret

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