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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [N00B] Need a dvb device in udev
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 23:02:04 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040326230204.GC31372@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <406406DC.9070804@helsinki.fi>

On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 12:33:00PM +0200, Ilja Honkonen wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I've been thinking about making udev handle the device nodes in my 
> newest computer, but I'd like udev to create the following devices 
> before I switch to it:
> dvb
> `-- adapter0
>     |-- demux0
>     |-- dvr0
>     `-- net0

That would be great, but you need to add sysfs support to the dvb
drivers before udev can handle them.  That's a kernel issue.

> Should I complain about this on the linux-tv mailing list? When can I 
> expect to see udev create these nodes?

When the kernel code creates sysfs /sys/class/ entries.

> There are couple of more devices in /dev which are not created in /udev 
> but I don't know if I need these:
> 
> gpmctl
> 
> initctl

What are these nodes for?

> nvidia0
> 
> nvidiactl

Go bug the nvidia people about this, nothing we can do here...

> pts
> `-- 0
> 
> tts
> |-- 0
> |-- 1
> |-- 2
> |-- 3
> |-- 4
> |-- 5
> |-- 6
> `-- 7

What are the major/minor number for these nodes?

> vc
> |-- 0
> |-- 1
> |-- 10
> |-- 11
> |-- 12
> |-- 13
> |-- 14
> |-- 15
> |-- 16
> |-- 17
> |-- 18
> |-- 19
> |-- 2
> .
> .
> .
> 
> vcc
> |-- 0
> |-- 1
> |-- 2
> |-- 3
> |-- 4
> |-- 5
> |-- 6
> |-- 7
> |-- a0
> |-- a1

If you use the -mm kernel, you will get these devices :)

thanks,

greg k-h


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  reply	other threads:[~2004-03-26 23:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-03-26 10:33 [N00B] Need a dvb device in udev Ilja Honkonen
2004-03-26 23:02 ` Greg KH [this message]
2004-03-26 23:22 ` Marco d'Itri
2004-03-26 23:34 ` Greg KH
2004-03-26 23:40 ` Marco d'Itri
2004-03-28  7:19 ` Greg KH

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