Does register_chrdev function make device file under /dev ?

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Hi,

This should be a basic question.
Does the regisetr_chrdev function make the device file under /dev directory?
I am running linux on our embedded system and inside vcs_init, register_chrdev is called as below.

int __init vcs_init(void)
{
        unsigned int i;
        if (register_chrdev(VCS_MAJOR, "vcs", &vcs_fops))
                panic("unable to get major %d for vcs device", VCS_MAJOR);

I can see the function is returning ok but I don't see any vcs* file under /dev.
Does it only register the device on /sys or /proc directory and not under /dev?
Thanks in advance.

Chan

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