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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-15 19:41:09 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-15 19:41:09 +0000
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Merging upstream version 6.7.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
.\"
-.TH makedev 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.TH makedev 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
.SH NAME
makedev, major, minor \- manage a device number
.SH LIBRARY
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ Standard C library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <sys/sysmacros.h>
-.PP
+.P
.BI "dev_t makedev(unsigned int " maj ", unsigned int " min );
-.PP
+.P
.BI "unsigned int major(dev_t " dev );
.BI "unsigned int minor(dev_t " dev );
.fi
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ a major ID, identifying the class of the device,
and a minor ID, identifying a specific instance of a device in that class.
A device ID is represented using the type
.IR dev_t .
-.PP
+.P
Given major and minor device IDs,
.BR makedev ()
combines these to produce a device ID, returned as the function result.
This device ID can be given to
.BR mknod (2),
for example.
-.PP
+.P
The
.BR major ()
and
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ T{
.BR minor ()
T} Thread safety MT-Safe
.TE
-.sp 1
.SH VERSIONS
The BSDs expose the definitions for these macros via
.IR <sys/types.h> .
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ None.
BSD, HP-UX, Solaris, AIX, Irix.
.\" The header location is inconsistent:
.\" Could be sys/mkdev.h, sys/sysmacros.h, or sys/types.h.
-.PP
+.P
These interfaces are defined as macros.
Since glibc 2.3.3,
they have been aliases for three GNU-specific functions:
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ they have been aliases for three GNU-specific functions:
and
.BR gnu_dev_minor ().
The latter names are exported, but the traditional names are more portable.
-.PP
+.P
Depending on the version,
glibc also exposes definitions for these macros from
.I <sys/types.h>