1 /* xmknod call using old-style Unix mknod system call.
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22 #include <sys/types.h>
24 #include <sys/sysmacros.h>
27 /* Create a device file named PATH, with permission and special bits MODE
28 and device number DEV (which can be constructed from major and minor
29 device numbers with the `makedev' macro above). */
31 __xmknod (int vers, const char *path, mode_t mode, dev_t *dev)
35 if (vers != _MKNOD_VER)
41 /* We must convert the value to dev_t type used by the kernel. */
42 k_dev = ((major (*dev) & 0xff) << 8) | (minor (*dev) & 0xff);
44 return INLINE_SYSCALL (mknod, 3, path, mode, k_dev);
47 weak_alias (__xmknod, _xmknod)
48 libc_hidden_def (__xmknod)