diff --git a/chapter06/createdeventries.sgml b/chapter06/createdeventries.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index f67390dd7..000000000 --- a/chapter06/createdeventries.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,36 +0,0 @@ - -Creating the /dev entries - - -Create the device files by running the following commands: - - -
- - cd /dev && - ./MAKEDEV -v generic - -
- - -The generic parameter passed to the MAKEDEV script -doesn't create all the devices you might need, such as audio devices, -hdc, hdd and ohters. If you seem to be missing something tell MAKEDEV to -create it. To create hdc replace generic with hdc. You can also add hdc -to generic, so you would execute ./MAKEDEV -v generic -hdc to create the generic set of devices files, plus the -files you need to be able to access hdc (and hdc1, hdc2, etc) - - - -Please note that this script dates back from 1997 and therefore can be -outdated and not support newer hardware. If you need device files which -aren't known by this script please read the Documentation/devices.txt -file in a Linux source tree. This file lists all the major and minor -numbers for all the device files that the kernel knows about. With this -list you can create such device files yourself. See the mknod man page -for more information on how to make device files yourself. - - -
- diff --git a/chapter06/makedev-inst.sgml b/chapter06/makedev-inst.sgml index 582598dbc..ca14a1104 100644 --- a/chapter06/makedev-inst.sgml +++ b/chapter06/makedev-inst.sgml @@ -12,5 +12,26 @@ Install MAKEDEV by running the following commands: + +Create the device files by running the following commands: + + +
+ + cd /dev && + ./MAKEDEV -v generic + +
+ + +The generic parameter passed to the MAKEDEV script +doesn't create all the devices you might need, such as audio devices, +hdc, hdd and ohters. If you seem to be missing something tell MAKEDEV to +create it. To create hdc replace generic with hdc. You can also add hdc +to generic, so you would execute ./MAKEDEV -v generic +hdc to create the generic set of devices files, plus the +files you need to be able to access hdc (and hdc1, hdc2, etc) + +