equivalent of mknod

[rinjo]

Hi,

one can use "mknod" to create an new device in the /dev directory in linux.
But this is through the console. If I like to create a device, giving the major and minor number, in my code, is there any kernel call for the same???

Any kind of help will be appreciated.

[wje_lf]

Sure. It's called, um, mknod.

For more information, do this at the shell prompt:

man 2 mknod

If man pages are not installed on your system, google this:

man mknod linux

and focus on the results that say mknod(2), not mknod(1).

And in case you had already tried this shell command on your system:

man mknod

and had been disappointed to see only the keyboard command, it turns out that the man command only shows you (in general) the lowest-numbered page. If you want all of them, you can do this at the command line, for example:

man -a mknod

and it will show you all of them, one at a time.

Hope this helps.

[valan]

If you are more interested, check out the mknod source. It is found in coreutils.

[rinjo]

Thanks guys!
I have already found the solution and implemented it, before i read your posts. But your inputs are highly appreciated.

[schokshi99]

Hey Rinjo,

May I know How did you implement it?

Because I am also in verge of implementing through kernel source code?

Thanks,
Saurabh Chokshi