Device nodes: major, minor numbers

I will look at recompiling my ls command with the fix.

I have resolved my problem.

I was getting an error indicating that the device didn't exist, so when I did the ls and the minor number wasn't there I assumed that this was the problem.

What I forgot was that I had recently started a new kernel project whereby my nios serial support was not enabled. OOPS.

After recompiling the kernel with serial uart support, the serial port worked properly.

Sadly, it was a dumb mistake with a little deception added in.

Thanks for your help.