Re: how to use mknod in LKM's

[Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 10:36:36AM +0530, kishore wrote:
> hai,
>     I tried mknod( ) inside an LKM,but it needs
>     "/usr/include header files, which is not preferred, I hope . 
>     I turned to use sys_mknod( ) in 
>         "/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include/linux/syscalls.h". 
>     When I tried to compile the LKM, it raised a warning
>     " implicit declaration of function sys_mknod "
> 
>     Can any one suggest how to create a device in an LKM.

No, please do not do that, you should be calling mknod from userspace
from a tool, like udev.

Why do you feel you need to create this from within the kernel?

thanks,

greg k-h

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