On 7/9/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Duncan Lithgow</b> <<a href="mailto:duncan@lithgow-schmidt.dk">duncan@lithgow-schmidt.dk</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Sat, 2006-07-08 at 00:29 +1000, Mike MacCana wrote:<br>> device file or device node is best. the term 'device' can mean the<br>> physical hardware. node is correct (the program used to make these<br>> files is called 'mknod') but not widely understood.
<br><br>Thanks, I'll stick with device file then, seems most easily understood.<br><br>Are my references to udev making these nodes incorrect? Should it refer<br>instead to mknod?</blockquote><div><br>No, and no.<br><br>In the old days, nodes were made statically with mknod, now udev creates all of them as they're needed. mknod is still used in a few cases.
<br><br>Mention the tool used to create the nodes if its absolutely necessary, otherwise don't bother.<br><br>Mike<br></div><br></div><br>