Bug 2647 - makedevs package lacks support for 16-bit major/minor numbers
Summary: makedevs package lacks support for 16-bit major/minor numbers
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: buildroot
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Other (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Linux
: P5 minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: unassigned
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Reported: 2010-09-27 10:07 UTC by Matt Fleming
Modified: 2011-01-14 21:51 UTC (History)
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patch to handle 16-bit minors (1.29 KB, patch)
2010-09-27 10:15 UTC, Matt Fleming 		Details
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Description Matt Fleming 2010-09-27 10:07:32 UTC 
The attached patch adds support for creating device nodes with 16-bit major/minor numbers.
Comment 1 Matt Fleming 2010-09-27 10:15:33 UTC 
Created attachment 2539 [details]
patch to handle 16-bit minors
Comment 2 Peter Korsgaard 2011-01-14 21:51:19 UTC 
Committed thanks. Linux actually supports 12bit majors / 20bit minors, so I slightly adjusted the patch.