On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:52:58AM +0200, Daniel Baluta wrote: > Led class seems to be a very good idea.
Good. > The idea is that i want to dynamically create /dev/hexd in order to > write to my hexdisplay. But the led class uses sysfs, not a device node to interact with the device. No /dev/ node is needed at all. > I've noticed that for example , for printer class there is a file > /sys/class/printer/lp0/dev that contains MAJOR:MINOR. Yes, because it needs a device node, the led class does not. Why do you want a /dev/ node? Are you going to be creating new ioctls for your device? That is really not recommended at all. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecar...@nl.linux.org Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
