Re: /dev/ttS?? modules

[Joe Barnett <jbarnett@Stanford.EDU>]

Vineet Kumar wrote:
>* Joe Barnett (jbarnett@Stanford.EDU) [011001 16:06]:
>> $ ls -l /dev/ttyS*
>> ls: /dev/ttyS*: No such file or directory
>
>doh! one more question I hadn't even considered the first time around:
>is this using devfs? If *not*, then you probably need to create the
>device files like this:
>
>mknod /dev/ttyS0 c 4 64
>mknod /dev/ttyS1 c 4 65
>mknod /dev/ttyS2 c 4 66
>mknod /dev/ttyS3 c 4 67
>chown root.dialout /dev/ttyS*
>chmod 660 !$
>
>if it's devfs, then those files' nonexistence is explained by the
>kernel's not configuring the serial port drivers. (And, unfortunately,
>that's the edge of my realm of knowledge)
>
>good times, (and go bears!)
>
>-- 
>Vineet       

yeah, i'm using devFS (i suppose i should have specified that... whoops)

anyone else have any idea why my ttyS's aren't getting created properly?

Thanks,
Joe