Re: Device driver Major number

[Tom Bradley <tbradley@jaycor.com>]

you'll need to write a script that parses the /proc/devices to find your 
device and get the number. The Linux Device Drivers book has a script that 
does this in it.

Tom

On Monday 30 June 2003 4:24 pm, S P wrote:
> Hi,
> I have created a pseudo device usign mknod with major
> number 255. Now when we use mknod we have to specify
> the major number for the device.
> However I want the system to dynamically allocate the
> major number, so am using "register_chrdev". As I
> understand register_chrdev, just registers the char
> device & not create it.
>
> So how do I create the device so that the major number
> is allocated dynamically ?
>
> Thanks,
> SP
>
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