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List:       netbsd-tech-kern
Subject:    re: Device node creation when major number is dynamically allocated
From:       matthew green <mrg () eterna ! com ! au>
Date:       2014-06-27 8:40:37
Message-ID: 19945.1403858437 () splode ! eterna ! com ! au
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> But doesn't mknod automagically know the driver's major number from
> its name? I always used to do:
> 
> mknod /dev/foo0 c foo 0
> 
> And 'foo' got automatically resolved to the proper major number.
> Does that work for modules too?

oh, it should!

i forgot about this.  nice.

(it uses kern.drivers :-)


.mrg.
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