> When I NFS mount the Linux box to itself, rdev for tty1 is 00 00 04 01.
> But when I NFS mount the HP box onto the Linux box, the rdev value is
> 04 00 00 01.
Ah, HP/UX probably has 24-bit minor device numbers, so I suspect you
could solve the problem without any kernel modifications with commands
like
mknod .../dev/tty1 c 0 1025
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