Re: How to get /dev entry created automaticly for dynamic major number?

Markku Savela
2007-01-25T13:11:19Z

Solution found!

> On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 09:35:07AM +0200, Markku Savela wrote:
> > If want to write a loadable module which "implements" a char device
> > ("virtual", no real device present). How do I get the correct
> > "/dev/foo" to appear automaticly?

> From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>

> If you look in the book, Linux Device Drivers, third edition, free
> online, there's a section on what is needed for udev to work properly.
>
> The ideas are still the same, but the way to do it has changed since the
> book was written. Just use a struct device and a class, and you will be
> fine. Look at the misc device core or the mem code in
> drivers/char/mem.c for examples of what you need to do.

Thanks! The solution seems to work. The final *obstacle* was, that
class_* symbols were not available until I added the
LICENSE("GPL"). Here is the resulting template, maybe useful for
someone, and just for verification, that I got it right.

...
static int foo_major = 0;
static struct class *foo_class;
static struct class_device *foo_device;
...

static int __init foo_init(void)
{
foo_major = 0;
foo_class = NULL;
foo_device = NULL;

foo_major = register_chrdev(foo_major, "foo", &foo_fops);
if (foo_major <= 0)
return -EIO;
foo_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "foo");
if (IS_ERR(foo_class))
{
return PTR_ERR(foo_class);
}
foo_device = class_device_create(foo_class, NULL, MKDEV(foo_major, 0), NULL, "foo0");
if (IS_ERR(foo_device))
{
return PTR_ERR(foo_device);
}
return 0;
}

static void __exit foo_exit(void)
{
if (foo_device && !IS_ERR(foo_device))
class_device_del(foo_device);
if (foo_class && !IS_ERR(foo_class))
class_destroy(foo_class);
if (foo_major > 0)
unregister_chrdev(foo_major, "foo");
}

module_init(foo_init);
module_exit(foo_exit);

MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Markku Savela");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Just fooling around");