[gentoo-user] What should i use instead of /dev/usb?

[gentoo-user] What should i use instead of /dev/usb?

[Adam Carter]

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I am using some hardware that requries external drivers (no ebuild
either) and it says i should;
mknod /dev/usb/panel0 c 180 180
 
Since /dev/usb doesnt exist, what is the correct alternative?
(2.6.22-gentoo-r8)
 
thanks.

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Re: [gentoo-user] What should i use instead of /dev/usb?

[Dirk Heinrichs]

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Am Samstag, 27. Oktober 2007 schrieb Adam Carter:
> I am using some hardware that requries external drivers (no ebuild
> either) and it says i should;
> mknod /dev/usb/panel0 c 180 180

What kind of hardware is this?

> Since /dev/usb doesnt exist, what is the correct alternative?

Either mkdir /dev/usb before the mknod or (better IMHO):

Write a udev rule to create the device node at plugin time, see 
http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html.

HTH...

	Dirk

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Re: [gentoo-user] What should i use instead of /dev/usb?

[Philip Webb]

071027 Adam Carter wrote:
> I am using some hardware that requries external drivers
> (no ebuild either) and it says i should:
> 'mknod /dev/usb/panel0 c 180 180'
> Since /dev/usb doesnt exist, what is the correct alternative?

USB ports usually show up as  /dev/sdb<n> : have a look for that.

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[gentoo-user] Re: What should i use instead of /dev/usb?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2007-10-27, Philip Webb <purslow@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 071027 Adam Carter wrote:
>> I am using some hardware that requries external drivers
>> (no ebuild either) and it says i should:
>> 'mknod /dev/usb/panel0 c 180 180'
>> Since /dev/usb doesnt exist, what is the correct alternative?
>
> USB ports usually show up as  /dev/sdb<n> : have a look for that.

Only if they're mass-storage devices and you've got msb-storage
and scsi drivers set up.  Other types of USB devices show up
differently.

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