#!/bin/sh module="simple" device="simple" mode="664" # Group: since distributions do it differently, look for wheel or use staff if grep '^staff:' /etc/group > /dev/null; then group="staff" else group="wheel" fi # invoke insmod with all arguments we got # and use a pathname, as newer modutils don't look in . by default /sbin/insmod -f ./$module.ko $* || exit 1 major=`cat /proc/devices | awk "\\$2==\"$module\" {print \\$1}"` # Remove stale nodes and replace them, then give gid and perms # Usually the script is shorter, it's simple that has several devices in it. rm -f /dev/${device}[rn] mknod /dev/${device}r c $major 0 mknod /dev/${device}n c $major 1 chgrp $group /dev/${device}[rn] chmod $mode /dev/${device}[rn]