[Buildroot] mdev
Peter Korsgaard
jacmet at uclibc.org
Mon May 10 20:26:12 UTC 2010
>>>>> "Marcel" == Marcel <korgull at home.nl> writes:
Marcel> Hi,
Marcel> I'm trying to create a couple of device nodes in /dev and
Marcel> somehow doing this manually seems not preferred so I'm trying
Marcel> to do this via mdev.
Marcel> My first question is whether I'm on the right track by using mdev?
Yes, that's certainly an OK approach. For an even easier setup have a
look at devtmpfs in the kernel.
Marcel> I tried mdev but I can't make it work. Probably this is because
Marcel> I have something wrong in either the startup code , the
Marcel> mdev.conf file or whatever. Second I wonder how mdev works
Marcel> because I think it needs MAKEDEV or something else) which I may
Marcel> be missing and can't find in my buildroot. mknod is on my
Marcel> system though. mdev -s starts and returns after a second or
Marcel> so, I see no errors and no other feedback.
Ok, good. To generate device nodes at runtime you then need tell the
kernel to use mdev as the hotplug agent. See
target/generic/target_busybox_skeleton/etc/inittab for an example of a
working setup.
Marcel> I am looking for an example that works with spidev. My guess is
Marcel> that the entry in mdev.conf should be something like :
Marcel> spidev 0:153 0660
In general you only need entries in mdev.conf if you need special
handling (non-standard permissions or scripts executed).
Marcel> Would my kernel need hotplug enabled ? (I guess it does).
Yes.
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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