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Device node creation when major number is dynamically allocated
Hello,
I am interested in NetBSD kernel and I have written a simple character
pseudo device driver module which calculates Fibonacii numbers. It works
but there is something I am not certain of.
I don't know how to create device node without having to know major
number allocated dynamically when the module is loaded. In earlier
NetBSD versions (before module(7) framework) there was -p option to
modload command specifying post-install program. One of the arguments to
this program was the character device major number.
Now, my module prints the character device major number to system
console and I use it in mknod command. Is it good approach or there is
some functionality analogous to the mentioned -p option in current
NetBSD versions?
Thanks,
Jan
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