From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ned Forrester Subject: Re: Why I dont' see spidev device entry under /dev Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:28:10 -0500 Message-ID: <4923093A.4030400@whoi.edu> References: Reply-To: "General mailing list for gumstix users." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "General mailing list for gumstix users." , spi-devel Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: gumstix-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: linux-spi.vger.kernel.org Bill Cuffley wrote: > As far as I can tell, the dev files aren't created automagically. To do > it manually : find out the major and minor numbers for your device > ('dmesg' should help here, otherwise 'cat /proc/devices' should give you > the Major number (and use 0 for minor)), and if it should be a block > device or a character device, then use mknod to create your /dev node. > ('man mknod' on any *nix system or google to help you here) > If that does not solve the problem (try it first), you might want to ask your question on . There are a number of people there that have used spidev, and even the original author, Andrea Paterniani , is active there. You can subscribe to spi-devel-general at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spi-devel-general -- Ned Forrester nforrester@whoi.edu Oceanographic Systems Lab 508-289-2226 Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Dept. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA http://www.whoi.edu/sbl/liteSite.do?litesiteid=7212 http://www.whoi.edu/hpb/Site.do?id=1532 http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=10079 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/