Creating devices with mdev (automically)

Mike Frysinger vapier at gentoo.org
Thu Apr 9 08:16:13 UTC 2009


On Thursday 09 April 2009 03:54:31 Manuel Sahm wrote:
> I read this document too, but I don´t know exactly what to do.
> Could you please give me some hints ?

did you try the example init code ?  mdev has to be your hotplug helper.

> Is there a special function needed in my kernel-driver init function to
> let mdev work ?

your driver has to properly use the driver model.  if it doesnt, then the 
proper hotplug events wont be generated nor will sysfs be properly populated.
-mike
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