On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Naresh Kansara
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Viral,
> Thank you for your help. I do see an entry in /proc/devices file as
> 29 fb
>
> Also my kernel .config file has following lines
>
> #Graphinc support
> CONFIG_FB=y
> CONFIG_FB_DAVINCI=y
>
> But when I try to create device using mknod /dev/fb/0  on Target  -- I get 
> following error
>> mknod /dev/fb/0 c 29 0
>> mknod: /dev/fb/0: No such file or directory
>
> Regards,
> Naresh
>

Hi  Naresh,

First, Keep mailing list in loop
Second, Do not top post.
Third, Make /dev/fb in root fs.

- Viral


>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Viral Sachde [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 8:52 PM
> To: Naresh Kansara
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: any idea on /dev/fb/0-3 drivers
>
> On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 6:16 AM, Naresh Kansara
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I have loaded Linux version
>>
>> 2.6.10_mv1401-davinci_evm on my Custom board.
>>
>>
>>
>> I have also taken the ramdisk image that is provided with DVEVM package,
>> unzipped it and added some other dvevm programs.
>>
>> I have also loaded the zipped version of this modified ramdisk.gz file in to
>> DDR memory at location 0x82000000.
>>
>> My custom board boots correctly and I am at Linux prompt, but when I do ls
>> on /dev directory, I do not see /dev/fb/0 through /dev/fb/3.
>>
>> The problem I am facing is trying to run "encoderdecoder" software on custom
>> board; it does not find the drivers  /dev/fb/0
>>
>> Can somebody give me an idea from where to get the device drivers /dev/fb/0
>> through /dev/fb/3.  I could not find it in the ramdisk image or in any other
>> directory on host.
>>
>> OR if it needs to be built on Target system, how to build it?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you & Regards,
>>
>> Naresh
>>
>>
>>
>> Naresh Kansara
>>
>
>
>
> Hi Naresh,
>
> I suggest you to check
> 1. "ls /sys/class/graphics/fb* " or
> 2. "cat /proc/devices  | grep fb "
> Also do kernel log / dmesg shows any fb related stuff.
>
> If above logs, shows presence of FB, just create /dev/fb/* using mknod.
> Otherwise, you may not have enabled fb driver in kernel config in
> driver->graphics tab.
>
> Regards, Viral
>
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