linux-kernel - Re: How do I choose an arbitrary minor number for my tty device?

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Message-ID: <4CE5562B.8080604@freescale.com>
Date:	Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:36:59 -0600
From:	Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
CC:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>,
	Stuart Yoder <stuart.yoder@...escale.com>
Subject: Re: How do I choose an arbitrary minor number for my tty device?

Greg KH wrote:
> If all you want is a tty driver, then just write a tty driver.  No need
> for character device nodes or any of that other stuff.  Just assign
> minor numbers to the device, create it, attach it to the tty core, and
> away you go.

What I would like to do is have some control over the name or minor number of
the /dev entry.

> I think you are going to have to show code here to get any kind of a
> better response out of me as I don't think we are understanding each
> other here, sorry.

I'll have to email it to you directly, since it's not authorized for public
distribution just quite yet.

-- 
Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale

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