How to create tty device node automatically in /dev?

I’ve managed to compile a custom out-of-tree kernel driver for the Raspicomm RS485 module (MAX3140).
It is working fine when I manually create the tty device in /dev with the following command:

$ mknod /dev/ttyRPC0 c $(cat /sys/devices/virtual/tty/ttyRPC0/dev | tr ':' ' ')

But I thought that /dev/ttyRPC0 would have been automatically created when the kernel module was loaded, but it is definitively not the case in BalenaOS.

Do you know how I can dynamically create the device node when the kernel driver is loaded?

FYI, here are the udev events generated when the kernel driver is loaded:

$ udevadm monitor --environment
monitor will print the received events for:
UDEV - the event which udev sends out after rule processing
KERNEL - the kernel uevent

KERNEL[59723.497909] add      /module/raspicommrs485 (module)
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/module/raspicommrs485
SEQNUM=5407
SUBSYSTEM=module

KERNEL[59723.503265] add      /devices/virtual/tty/ttyRPC0 (tty)
ACTION=add
DEVNAME=/dev/ttyRPC0
DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/tty/ttyRPC0
MAJOR=244
MINOR=0
SEQNUM=5408
SUBSYSTEM=tty

UDEV  [59723.507952] add      /module/raspicommrs485 (module)
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/module/raspicommrs485
SEQNUM=5407
SUBSYSTEM=module
USEC_INITIALIZED=59723504950

UDEV  [59723.509476] add      /module/raspicommrs485 (module)
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/module/raspicommrs485
SEQNUM=5407
SUBSYSTEM=module
USEC_INITIALIZED=59723508022

UDEV  [59723.513963] add      /devices/virtual/tty/ttyRPC0 (tty)
ACTION=add
DEVNAME=/dev/ttyRPC0
DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/tty/ttyRPC0
MAJOR=244
MINOR=0
SEQNUM=5408
SUBSYSTEM=tty
TAGS=:systemd:
USEC_INITIALIZED=59723512733

UDEV  [59723.514945] add      /devices/virtual/tty/ttyRPC0 (tty)
ACTION=add
DEVNAME=/dev/ttyRPC0
DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/tty/ttyRPC0
ID_MM_CANDIDATE=1
MAJOR=244
MINOR=0
SEQNUM=5408
SUBSYSTEM=tty
TAGS=:systemd:
USEC_INITIALIZED=59723512929

Thanks.

Hello, if you can create an udev rule for this device, you should be able to add it to the host OS following these instructions: https://github.com/balena-os/meta-balena#udevrules

Thank you @zvin.
I’ve finally decided to use mknod directly in ExecStartPre of a systemd service file.