From 2fa869ff395997837954df74858cdd5a82c42c05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rob Landley Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:12:11 +0000 Subject: Current kernels support more than 8 bit major/minor. Pass dev_t through to the kernel unmolested. --- libc/sysdeps/linux/common/mknod.c | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'libc/sysdeps') diff --git a/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/mknod.c b/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/mknod.c index b0f07b12d..e16c49025 100644 --- a/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/mknod.c +++ b/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/mknod.c @@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ static __inline__ _syscall3(int, __syscall_mknod, const char *, path, int mknod(const char *path, mode_t mode, dev_t dev) { - /* We must convert the dev_t value to a __kernel_dev_t */ - __kernel_dev_t k_dev; - - k_dev = ((major(dev) & 0xff) << 8) | (minor(dev) & 0xff); - return __syscall_mknod(path, mode, k_dev); + return __syscall_mknod(path, mode, (__kernel_dev_t)dev); } libc_hidden_def(mknod) -- cgit v1.2.3