Re: major/minor split

From: H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
Date: Thu Mar 20 2003 - 19:04:58 EST

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By author: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
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>
> I mean via mknod, e.g. if the user has a major/minor number, how should it
> be converted to a dev_t number?
>

Using MKDEV(). Basically, use the old format if it fits (for
compatibility), otherwise the new format.

-hpa

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