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Re: What creates /dev/ symlinks ?



On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 09:04:46PM +0100, Hans-Georg Bork wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 10:22:54AM +0100, xerces8 wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > It seems my system is missing a /dev/radio->radio0 symlink.
> > What is supposed to create it ?
> 
> I didn't check it, but I think it's either the application (packet) which
> is using it or you on your own ...

It depends if you have software installed that generates the /dev tree
regarding your hardware (devfsd (obsolete for 2.6) / udev) or if you manage
the tree by hand/package.

With devfsd/udev the dev-nodes are created on module-load.

regards
Philipp

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