From dca8a58dc140481ea1b6cf88ab60f06b88db31ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Morgner <felix.morgner@ost.ch>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:20:10 +0200
Subject: kapi: expose create_device_node

---
 kapi/kapi/filesystem.hpp   | 8 ++++++++
 kernel/kapi/filesystem.cpp | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kapi/kapi/filesystem.hpp b/kapi/kapi/filesystem.hpp
index 56bb295f..4b0971f6 100644
--- a/kapi/kapi/filesystem.hpp
+++ b/kapi/kapi/filesystem.hpp
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ namespace kapi::filesystem
   //! @return A populated file status object on success, an error otherwise.
   auto status(std::string_view path) -> kstd::result<file_status>;
 
+  //! Create a persistent device node at the given path
+  //!
+  //! @param path The path to the device node
+  //! @param type The type of device referenced by the new node.
+  //! @param number The number of the reference device.
+  //! @return Nothing on success, an error on failure
+  auto create_device_node(std::string_view path, file_type type, device_number number) -> kstd::result<void>;
+
   //! @}
 }  // namespace kapi::filesystem
 
diff --git a/kernel/kapi/filesystem.cpp b/kernel/kapi/filesystem.cpp
index 10c9835a..b0de244e 100644
--- a/kernel/kapi/filesystem.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kapi/filesystem.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <kstd/units.hpp>
 
 #include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
 #include <expected>
 #include <span>
 #include <string_view>
@@ -73,4 +74,9 @@ namespace kapi::filesystem
     return kernel::filesystem::vfs::get().status(path);
   }
 
+  auto create_device_node(std::string_view path, file_type type, device_number number) -> kstd::result<void>
+  {
+    return kernel::filesystem::vfs::get().create_device_node(path, static_cast<std::uint32_t>(type), number);
+  }
+
 }  // namespace kapi::filesystem
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