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? What is the current recommended
solution (kernel 2.6.17 in Ubuntu and later).
static int major;
static int __init foo_init(void)
{
...
major = register_chrdev(0, "foo", &fops);
....
}
static void __exit foo_exit(void)
{
...
if (major > 0)
unregister_chrdev(major, "foo");
...
}
I thought that the above code would be enough to trigger the "udevd",
but apparently not (if it should, what is the match rule I have to
use? DRIVER=="foo" or KERNEL="foo[0-9]*"? None of these seem to
work). Do I have to do some additional poking with sysfs? I can see
my module there, but nothing else.
The problem seems to be that most information I find from books or net
is out of date for 2.6, or carries note "these things are currently
been changed". A pointer to a definitive documentation would also do!
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