Christos Zoulas writes: > In article <53ac78b6.9090...@runbox.com>, Jan Sucan <su...@runbox.com> wrote: > >Hello, > > > >I am interested in NetBSD kernel and I have written a simple character > >pseudo device driver module which calculates Fibonacii numbers. It works > >but there is something I am not certain of. > >I don't know how to create device node without having to know major > >number allocated dynamically when the module is loaded. In earlier > >NetBSD versions (before module(7) framework) there was -p option to > >modload command specifying post-install program. One of the arguments to > >this program was the character device major number. > >Now, my module prints the character device major number to system > >console and I use it in mknod command. Is it good approach or there is > >some functionality analogous to the mentioned -p option in current > >NetBSD versions? > > I don't see anything like that. Perhaps there should be a way to query > a module about this. For now the only thing I can think of is to use > sysctl to register the value, and then have something query the value > of the sysctl variable you set in the module to find the device major > number...
you mean like the pre-existing kern.drivers node? :-)
