[SOLVED] Character device driver and mknod

[Dufresne]

Hello,
I've a problem with character device mounting.
I've a character device module code. Here is the code

/*  chardev.c: Creates a read-only char device that says how many times
 *  you've read from the dev file
 */
	
	#if defined(CONFIG_MODVERSIONS) && ! defined(MODVERSIONS)
	   #include <linux/modversions.h>
	   #define MODVERSIONS
	#endif
	#include <linux/kernel.h>
	#include <linux/module.h>
	#include <linux/fs.h>
	#include <asm/uaccess.h>  /* for put_user */
	
	/*  Prototypes - this would normally go in a .h file
	 */
	int init_module(void);
	void cleanup_module(void);
	static int device_open(struct inode *, struct file *);
	static int device_release(struct inode *, struct file *);
	static ssize_t device_read(struct file *, char *, size_t, loff_t *);
	static ssize_t device_write(struct file *, const char *, size_t, loff_t *);
	
	#define SUCCESS 0
	#define DEVICE_NAME "chardev" /* Dev name as it appears in /proc/devices   */
	#define BUF_LEN 80            /* Max length of the message from the device */
	
	
	/* Global variables are declared as static, so are global within the file. */
	
	static int Major;            /* Major number assigned to our device driver */
	static int Device_Open = 0;  /* Is device open?  Used to prevent multiple  */
	                                access to the device                       */
	static char msg[BUF_LEN];    /* The msg the device will give when asked    */
	static char *msg_Ptr;
	
	static struct file_operations fops = {
	  .read = device_read, 
	  .write = device_write,
	  .open = device_open,
	  .release = device_release
	};
	
	
	/*                   Functions
	 */
	
	int init_module(void)
	{
	   Major = register_chrdev(0, DEVICE_NAME, &fops);
	
	   if (Major < 0) {
	     printk ("Registering the character device failed with %d\n", Major);
	     return Major;
	   }
	
	   printk("<1>I was assigned major number %d.  To talk to\n", Major);
	   printk("<1>the driver, create a dev file with\n");
		 printk("'mknod /dev/hello c %d 0'.\n", Major);
	   printk("<1>Try various minor numbers.  Try to cat and echo to\n");
		 printk("the device file.\n");
	   printk("<1>Remove the device file and module when done.\n");
	
	   return 0;
	}
	
	
	void cleanup_module(void)
	{
	   /* Unregister the device */
	   int ret = unregister_chrdev(Major, DEVICE_NAME);
	   if (ret < 0) printk("Error in unregister_chrdev: %d\n", ret);
	}  
	
	
	/*                   Methods
	 */
	
	/* Called when a process tries to open the device file, like
	 * "cat /dev/mycharfile"
	 */
	static int device_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
	{
	   static int counter = 0;
	   if (Device_Open) return -EBUSY;
	   Device_Open++;
	   sprintf(msg,"I already told you %d times Hello world!\n", counter++");
	   msg_Ptr = msg;
	   MOD_INC_USE_COUNT;
	
	  return SUCCESS;
	}
	
	
	/* Called when a process closes the device file.
	 */
	static int device_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
	{
	   Device_Open --;     /* We're now ready for our next caller */
	
	   /* Decrement the usage count, or else once you opened the file, you'll
		    never get get rid of the module. */
	   MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT;
	
	   return 0;
	}
	
	
	/* Called when a process, which already opened the dev file, attempts to
	   read from it.
	*/
	static ssize_t device_read(struct file *filp,
	   char *buffer,    /* The buffer to fill with data */
	   size_t length,   /* The length of the buffer     */
	   loff_t *offset)  /* Our offset in the file       */
	{
	   /* Number of bytes actually written to the buffer */
	   int bytes_read = 0;
	
	   /* If we're at the end of the message, return 0 signifying end of file */
	   if (*msg_Ptr == 0) return 0;
	
	   /* Actually put the data into the buffer */
	   while (length && *msg_Ptr)  {
	
		/* The buffer is in the user data segment, not the kernel segment;
		 * assignment won't work.  We have to use put_user which copies data from
		 * the kernel data segment to the user data segment. */
	      put_user(*(msg_Ptr++), buffer++);
	
	      length--;
	      bytes_read++;
	   }
	
	   /* Most read functions return the number of bytes put into the buffer */
	   return bytes_read;
	}
	
	
	/*  Called when a process writes to dev file: echo "hi" > /dev/hello */
	static ssize_t device_write(struct file *filp,
	   const char *buff,
		 size_t len,
		 loff_t *off)
	{
	   printk ("<1>Sorry, this operation isn't supported.\n");
	   return -EINVAL;
	}

When i compile , it works and i can mount it with mknod command.

But what i want is to do both jobs in the single module code. When i compile module code , it shall be mounted without using additionally mknod command.

My question is,
How can i use mknod command in module code ?
Or How can it be done the job of mknod in module code ?

[Rubberman]

You should move this to the forum "The Linux Kernel". More people that monitor that forum will have the knowlege you seek to utilize.