Hi All,

1)Is there any way to know the major number of a block-driver without
loading it?
2)Can we assign a particular major number to a block-driver, So that every
time we load the driver it comes with the same major number.

Thanks,
Varmauddaraju.

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 8:02 PM, Paul Durrant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> uddaraju varma wrote:
>
>>
>> Im trying to load the driver automatically upon reboot. The steps followed
>> are:
>> 1) On freshly installed soalris system. I kept the driver binary under
>> /kernel/drv/amd64/ and rebooted the system. My driver doesnt get loaded
>> automatically upon reboot.
>> 2) Can you please help us in loading the driver automatically without
>> loading the driver prior to reboot.
>>
>>
> Solaris demand loads drivers. Once you have your image in /kernel/drv/amd64
> then you need to run add_drv to make it known to the system. From then on
> (after a reboot) your driver will be loaded by the system whenever you try
> to use it (i.e. open a dev node).
>
>  Paul
>
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