[Buildroot] Wrong installation path?

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On 31/01/14 11:11, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Dear Marco Trapanese,
>
> On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 09:45:17 +0100, Marco Trapanese wrote:
[snip]
>
>> For example, the lirc documentation says I should find a /dev/lirc
>> device if I'm using udev.
>> But on my target (which has udev!) there is no such a device.
>
> Probably because your kernel configuration lacks the support for the
> proper kernel subsystem or kernel drivers.
>
>> Where should I look at? How to know if I missed something in the
>> buildroot/kernel configuration or just in the package (lirc)
>> configuration files?

  Or because lirc should install a udev rule but the buildroot wrapper 
doesn't install it correctly (seems like since it looks like it also 
didn't get the init script right).

  Regards,
  Arnout

>
> The package (lirc) is independent from the presence of absence
> of /dev/lirc<X>. As long as /dev/lirc<X> is not visible, then your
> problem is a kernel configuration problem. Of course, make sure your
> kernel has CONFIG_DEVTMPFS and CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT enabled, these are
> mandatory if you use Buildroot udev support. See
> http://buildroot.org/downloads/manual/manual.html#_dev_management for
> details.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Thomas
>


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