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Date:      Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:14:28 -0800
From:      Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>
To:        Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Christian Brueffer <brueffer@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r198768 - head/sbin/mknod
Message-ID:  <4AEDEC24.2000206@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20091101184322.GP2147@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
References:  <200911011825.nA1IPBQ2031333@svn.freebsd.org> <20091101184322.GP2147@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>

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Kostik Belousov wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 06:25:11PM +0000, Christian Brueffer wrote:
>> Author: brueffer
>> Date: Sun Nov  1 18:25:11 2009
>> New Revision: 198768
>> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/198768
>>
>> Log:
>>   Refine r198714, it's not as easy as just leaving the major number zero.
>>   
>>   Submitted by:	ed
>>   MFC after:	1 week
>>
> 
> Moreover, you cannot create special node that would become a node used to
> access device driver in the freebsd.
> 
> The only use that is left for mknod c|b is to create special nodes on
> the filesystems exported by NFS for other un*xes.

I wonder if mknod c|b should print a warning?

Tim



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