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Re: __xmknod on mips


On Thu, 3 Apr 2008, Khem Raj wrote:

> MIPS port currently has its own version of __xmknod() in
> sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/xmknod.c
> which limits the major and minor device number to 255 still. Unless mips
> kernel does not allow larger major and minor number, we can use the
> common  implementation of __xmknod () for mips.

I noticed this issue a while back and couldn't find any reason for the 
MIPS-specific implementation.  What's needed is for someone to test (on 
all three ABIs) a patch to remove it.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com


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