[Buildroot] Some devices are not created in the ext2 filesystem.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ivan Kuten" <ivan.kuten@promwad.com>
To: "Leonid" <Leonid@a-k-a.net>
Cc: <buildroot@uclibc.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Buildroot] Some devices are not created in the ext2 
filesystem.


>> I see that correspondent files are indeed created in the root filesystem
>> tree:
>>
>> [leonid at jaipur buildroot]$ ls -al root/dev/mc*
>> -rw-r----- 1 root root 0 2007-10-13 21:56 root/dev/mcfp-0
>> -rw-r----- 1 root root 0 2007-10-13 21:56 root/dev/mcfp-1
>>
>> However when I load my ext2 root filesystem, I don't see these device
>> nodes in /dev directory. What is wrong?
>>
>
> Check that you are not using udev, because udev is mounted over /dev
> thus hiding your entries.

Listed files are regular files, not device nodes! Use devicetable.txt for 
creating device nodes.

BR
Assen

>
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> Ivan
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