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Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 10:05:34 +0800
From: KC <kcc1967@gmail.com>
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To: "Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu" <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>
Subject: Re: proc_mknod() replacement
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On 5/10/05, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, 10 May 2005 01:06:08 +0800, KC said:
> 
> > Why I want to use proc_mknod() in driver ?  I write a small package, ovi-dev,
> > which can be downloaded from
> > http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/ovi
> > The ovi-dev will scan the PCI bus and if it found, eg, 3 PCI devices, it
> > will create 3 device entries (nodes) automatically at module load time.
> > So number of device entries (nodes) will match number of devices
> > of the system ... well, UNIX/Linux doesn't work that way ... there are a lot
> > of device entries ... but no corresponding hardware existed.
> 
> Congrats.  You've re-invented udev.

No, it's not ... dynamic entry is not my purpose, but a good
feature which I want to have in my package and I did it using
proc_mknod() for 2.4.x ... 
Anyway, I'll check udev to see if it's enough for me.

Thanks
KC

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