making devices in freebsd5 PART2

[Jonathan T. Sage]

toxa wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "toxa" <postfix at sendmail.ru>
> To: <freebsd-current at freebsd.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 6:26 AM
> Subject: making devices in freebsd5
> 
> 
> 
>>I don't know if freebsd-current maillist sutable for my question but let
> 
> me
> 
>>explain it.
>>When I use freebsd-4, I can include any device in kernel or load it as
>>module, and if there is no appropriate device in /dev I can use MAKEDEV
>>script to create it. The common example is 'watch' utility which requires
>>not only  'device snp' in kernel or 'kldload snp' but /dev/snp0 (snp1,
> 
> etc)
> 
>>also for working, so I go to /dev and type ./MAKEDEV snp0.
>>But FreeBSD5 is using devfs, and there is no MAKEDEV in it. I kldload snp
>>but cat't see /dev/snp? created, and I don't know how to create it by
> 
> hand.
> 
>>I was looking through snp, kldload, and watch manpages and freebsd
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> maillist
> 
>>archive but cannot see anything about this.
>>So how can I create appropriate device (snp0 actually) or which program
>>should do this for me?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
> 
> 
> Uhh, I should have to see devfs manpage first, not going to write a stupid
> letter to you all, sorry me for that.
> i guess it will be like 'devfs rule add path snp mode 666' but this one not
> working:
> 
> [(6:34):/usr/src/sys/i386/conf ] kldstat|grep snp
> <40>
>  7    1 0xc5926000 3000     snp.ko
> [(6:34):/usr/src/sys/i386/conf ] devfs rule add path snp mode 666
> <41>
> devfs rule: ioctl DEVFSIO_RADD: Input/output error
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks.

not sure what you may be using snp for, but the only use i have found is 
  the watch utility which worked great for me "out of the box".  my 
assumption is that it took care of the dev entries itself.

note sure this will be any help, but, thought i'd try
~j

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