Directory in /dev

[M. Warner Losh]

In message: <200611241225.07481.marc.loerner at hob.de>
            Marc Lörner <marc.loerner at hob.de> writes:
: Hello,
: is it possible to create/make a subdirectory under /dev,
: or is it generally forbidden to do that?
: 
: I found nothing by googling or reading the archives of the freebsd mailing 
: lists. I even found nothing by slightly looking into the kernel code.
: 
: Does anyone have some suggestions or pointers for me?

makedev in your driver with a slash:

make_dev(cdevsw, minor, uid, gid, perm, "fred/ford%d", unit);

or if you are creating a disk device, set the d_name similarly.

Warner