2010-01-10 11:31:29 Creating a device class (/dev entry)

Marin Bek (CROATIA)

Message: 84386

Hi,

I'm attempting to write a test driver, just to get the hang of it, and all went fine, apart from the fact i have to mknod the /dev device entry. I want to create the entry automatically, but to no avail. Relevant code snippet I wrote follows:

static struct class *led_class; CLASS_ATTR(led,S_IRUGO, NULL, NULL); ,

, led_class=class_create(THIS_MODULE,DRIVER_NAME);

if (class_create_file(led_class,&class_attr_led)){

printk( "led: class_create_file error\n");

goto fail_regija;

}

sprintf(nam,"led%d",led_minor);

device_create(led_class,NULL,dev,"%s",nam);

Device is created as CHAR device and it works properly. /sys/class/led/led0 and /sys/devices/virtual/led/led0 are created, but not the /dev entry.

What am I missing?

Thanks

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2010-01-10 13:54:05 Re: Creating a device class (/dev entry)

Marin Bek (CROATIA)

Message: 84387

eh, mdev -s scans the /sys and creates the device node...

Any ideas on how to make it scan automatically or sth?

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2010-01-10 15:09:40 Re: Creating a device class (/dev entry)

Mike Frysinger (UNITED STATES)

Message: 84389

you didnt say what version of software you're using. mdev is configured in all ADI default builds to run automatically since 2008R1.

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2010-01-10 15:47:59 Re: Creating a device class (/dev entry)

Marin Bek (CROATIA)

Message: 84390

2009R1 ... I saw it's supposed to run automatically, that's why I spent the afternoon thinking my code was wrong until I decided to run it myself and voila :\ is it supposed to run automatically on insmod, or only at boot?

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2010-01-10 16:20:10 Re: Creating a device class (/dev entry)

Mike Frysinger (UNITED STATES)

Message: 84392

neither. if your device driver generates the correct events, the hotplug mech is automatically called.

verify /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug is set to /bin/mdev.

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2010-01-10 17:05:25 Re: Creating a device class (/dev entry)

Marin Bek (CROATIA)

Message: 84393

Tthe kernel option wasn't even set -.- can't believe I lost an entire day on this...

Thanks a lot for your help, could've spent a lot more time on this if it weren't for you!