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makedev in glibc-2.3.2 and glibc-2.3.2-200309260658 from RHEL
- From: Ed L Cashin <ecashin at coraid dot com>
- To: libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 17:57:41 -0400
- Subject: makedev in glibc-2.3.2 and glibc-2.3.2-200309260658 from RHEL
I've noticed that many Linux distros these days can create device
files for devices with minor numbers greater than 255. That's even
though the mknod in glibc-2.3.2 doesn't support minor numbers greater
than 8 bits in size.
I noticed that the source RPM for the glibc in RHEL 3.0 has
glibc-2.3.2-200309260658, which includes support for the bigger minor
device numbers. Are those changes eventually going into the glibc
distributed on the GNU mirrors?
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Ed L Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>