9 // Mknod creates a filesystem node (file, device special file or named pipe) named path
10 // with attributes specified by mode and dev.
11 func Mknod(path string, mode uint32, dev int) error {
12 return syscall.Mknod(path, mode, dev)
15 // Mkdev is used to build the value of linux devices (in /dev/) which specifies major
16 // and minor number of the newly created device special file.
17 // Linux device nodes are a bit weird due to backwards compat with 16 bit device nodes.
18 // They are, from low to high: the lower 8 bits of the minor, then 12 bits of the major,
19 // then the top 12 bits of the minor.
20 func Mkdev(major int64, minor int64) uint32 {
21 return uint32(((minor & 0xfff00) << 12) | ((major & 0xfff) << 8) | (minor & 0xff))