How to crate device node in fedora 4.

[techme linux]

Hi Tim,
MAKEDEV is work for me...thank you..


On 10/19/07, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com> wrote:
>
> techme linux wrote:
> > Hello All,
> > I am using fedora 4.
> > I want to create a device node inside /dev/usb/ for fedora 4.
> > But i just found that there is no usb directory inside /dev. But there
> > is directory inside /sys/bus/usb.
> > But for my embedded device I need to create a node inside /dev/usb...I
> > try to create a symbolic link between /sys/bus/usb and /dev/ but then
> > also i could not able to create the node inside /dev/usb  as there is
> > permission problem..
> >
> > can anybody has idea how to create a node in /dev/usb for FC4?
> >  Thank You
> >
> You need to read up on udev. On systems that use udev, there is a
> virtual file system mounted on /dev with all the device nodes. Udev
> takes care of creating the device nodes found there. Because it is a
> virtual file system, it is created every time the system boots, so
> any changes you make are lost when you reboot. So you need to create
> a udev rule to create the device node for you when you plug in your
> USB device.
>
> The /sys file system is another virtual file system that contains
> information about the system hardware. The udev documentation
> contains information about tools to get information from it to help
> you in writing your own udev rules.
>
> Note: If you have the /sys directory tree, it is probably a safe
> assumption that you are using udev.
>
> Mikkel
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