devfs_register succeeds but no device appears

From: Jack (jack_at_yankeeboysoftware.com)
Date: 03/20/04 

Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 19:44:53 +0000

Am I being thick ?

Doesn't a successful call to devfs_register result in a new entry in /dev
with a name equivalent to the name I provide as follows

/* Shamelessly ripped out of usb-skeleton.c */

/* initialize the devfs node for this device and register it */
sprintf(name, "skel%d", dev->minor);

dev->devfs = devfs_register (usb_devfs_handle, name,
                             DEVFS_FL_DEFAULT, USB_MAJOR,
                             USB_SKEL_MINOR_BASE + dev->minor,
                             S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR |
                             S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IROTH,
                             &skel_fops, NULL);

What happens when I don't have devfs support in my kernel ?

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