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Re: __xmknod on mips
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Khem Raj <kraj at mvista dot com>
- Cc: libc-ports at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 18:37:47 +0000 (UTC)
- Subject: Re: __xmknod on mips
- References: <47F4F323.7080900@mvista.com>
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.
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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com