Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU Estimated required disk space: 50 KB |
(Last checked against version 1.5.)
The MAKEDEV script creates the static device nodes which usually reside in the /dev directory. Detailed information about device nodes may be found in the Documentation/devices.txt file under the Linux kernel source tree.
MAKEDEV installs the following:
MAKEDEV
(Last checked against version 1.5.)
Bash: sh
Coreutils: chmod, chown, cp, expr, id, ln, mknod, mv, rm
Grep: grep
Please note that unpacking the MAKEDEV-1.7.bz2 file doesn't create a directory for you to cd into, as the file contains one shell script.
Install the MAKEDEV script:
bzcat MAKEDEV-1.7.bz2 > /dev/MAKEDEV chmod 754 /dev/MAKEDEV |
Run the script to create the device files:
cd /dev ./MAKEDEV -v generic-nopty |
If a device you need is missing, try running ./MAKEDEV -v <device>. Alternatively, you may create devices via the mknod program. Please refer to the man and info pages of mknod if you need more information.