Re: [Linux-fbdev-users] Re: Getting started

[Charles L. <cl...@gm...>]

On 8/19/05, William Estrada <mru...@po...> wrote:
> Like magic the /dev/fb and /dev/fb0
>  were defined by the system (??).

This bit of magic is "udev". It gets messages from the kernel when
drivers are loaded, and it creates device nodes for you. When using
udev, the /dev filesystem is actually created in a ramdisk, which
explains why the device nodes disappeared when you rebooted.

> Now I need to know how to make more Frame Buffer devices!

Typically, you get one frame buffer device node per video card.
(/dev/fb is probably a link to /dev/fb0)

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- Charles Lepple