用udev在/dev/下动态生成设备文件,这样用户就不用手工调用mknod了。
利用的kernel API:
class_create : 创建class class_destroy : 销毁class class_device_create : 创建device class_device_destroy : 销毁device
注意,这些API是2.6.13开始有的,在2.6.13之前,应当使用
class_simple_create class_simple_destroy class_simple_device_add class_simple_device_remove
这一系列,也就是ldd3第14章描述的。 详见:
Output: =========================================== [root@localhost dynamic_dev_node]# insmod ./dummy_dev.ko [root@localhost dynamic_dev_node]# file /dev/dummy_dev0 /dev/dummy_dev0: character special (250/0) [root@localhost dynamic_dev_node]# rmmod dummy_dev.ko [root@localhost dynamic_dev_node]# file /dev/dummy_dev0 /dev/dummy_dev0: ERROR: cannot open `/dev/dummy_dev0' (No such file or directory)
CODE:
#include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include
#define THIS_DESCRIPTION "\ This module is a dummy device driver, it register\n\ \t\ta char device, and utilize udev to create/destroy \n\ \t\tdevice node under /dev/ dynamicallly."
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); MODULE_AUTHOR("albcamus "); MODULE_DESCRIPTION(THIS_DESCRIPTION);
#define DUMMY_MAJOR 250 #define DUMMY_MINOR 0 #define DUMMY_NAME "dummy_dev"
/** * the open routine of 'dummy_dev' */ static int dummy_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { printk("Open OK\n"); return 0; }
/** * the write routine of 'dummy_dev' */ static ssize_t dummy_write(struct file *filp, const char *bp, size_t count, loff_t *ppos) { printk("Don't Write!\n"); return 0; }
/** * the read routine of 'dummy_dev' */ static ssize_t dummy_read(struct file *filp, char *bp, size_t count, loff_t *ppos) { return 0; }
/** * the ioctl routine of 'dummy_dev' */ static int dummy_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *filep, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) {
return 0; }
/** * file_operations of 'dummy_dev' */ static struct file_operations dummy_dev_ops = { .owner = THIS_MODULE, .open = dummy_open, .read = dummy_read, .write = dummy_write, .ioctl = dummy_ioctl, };
/** * struct cdev of 'dummy_dev' */ struct cdev *my_cdev; struct class *my_class;
static int __init my_init(void) { int err, devno = MKDEV(DUMMY_MAJOR, DUMMY_MINOR);
/* register the 'dummy_dev' char device */ my_cdev = cdev_alloc(); cdev_init(my_cdev, &dummy_dev_ops);
my_cdev->owner = THIS_MODULE;
err = cdev_add(my_cdev, devno, 1); if (err != 0) printk("dummy pci device register failed!\n");
/* creating your own class */ my_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "dummy_class"); if(IS_ERR(my_class)) { printk("Err: failed in creating class.\n"); return -1; }
/* register your own device in sysfs, and this will cause udevd to create corresponding device node */ class_device_create(my_class, NULL, MKDEV(DUMMY_MAJOR, DUMMY_MINOR), NULL, DUMMY_NAME "%d", DUMMY_MINOR );
return 0; }
static void __exit my_fini(void) { printk("bye\n");
cdev_del(my_cdev); //kfree(my_cdev); no use. because that cdev_del() will call kfree if neccessary.
class_device_destroy(my_class, MKDEV(DUMMY_MAJOR, DUMMY_MINOR)); class_destroy(my_class);
}
module_init(my_init); module_exit(my_fini);
从linux内核2.6的某个版本之后,devfs不复存在,udev成为devfs的替代。相比devfs,udev有很多优势,在此就不罗嗦了,提醒一点,udev是应用层的东东,不要试图在内核的配置选项里找到它;) 加入对udev的支持很简单,以作者所写的一个字符设备驱动为例,在驱动初始化的代码里调用class_create为该设备创建一个class,再为每个设备调用class_device_create创建对应的设备。大致用法如下:
struct class *myclass = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "my_device_driver"); class_device_create(myclass, NULL, MKDEV(major_num, 0), NULL, "my_device");
这样的module被加载时,udev daemon就会自动在/dev下创建my_device设备文件。 | |