Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 21:38:13 -0000 From: "Bob Pickles" <BPICKLES@btconnect.com> To: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Device Driver Deleopment Message-ID: <01b701c3e130$0ca90870$1d02a8c0@sdlbase> References: <2146.1074805732@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Poul I looked at other drivers and this has done the job... it installs now. I should have done this before. Many Thanks Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: "Bob Pickles" <bpickles@sbs.com> Cc: <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:08 PM Subject: Re: Device Driver Deleopment > In message <018b01c3e12c$042b19d0$1d02a8c0@sdlbase>, "Bob Pickles" writes: > >Hi > > > >Looking for some help with FreeBSD 5.1, I am new to this but I am > >fairly quick to learn. > > > >Problem that I am having, is that in my device driver, it see's my PCI card, but when > >I call make_dev the system hangs, then resets. > > > >If I try to use mknod, then it fails also. Looked at the /dev mount and even devfs fails. > >Is there some form of protection here that I don't know about? > >How can I create a device on /dev? > > It sounds to me like you are calling make_dev() with wrong parameters, > all our other device drivers get this to work, so I suggest finding a > similar one and compare it to your own code. > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > ***This message has been scanned for virus, spam, and undesirable content.*** > ***For further information, contact your mail administrator.***
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