Devices and nodes- Association ??

kewl · 09-24-2009, 02:14 AM

Hi all,
I have built kernel with static drivers.I am creating the nodes at the bootup and I wanted to know How would the devices get assigned to the nodes?
If I have 4 usb pendrives and for each there is a node,.. if I plugin the 5th bluetooth device and bootup the system,.. How would the bluetooth device get the node?
is it by the sequence in which it is detected?

chaosless · 10-01-2009, 11:16 AM

the device inode major/minor number related to the device driver/position

are you writing the device driver? or installing one that is provided?

in the boot sequence (generally) the appropriate boot-level start scripts (something like /etc/init.d/rc3.d/S*) are run - depending on what linux/unix you're running?