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mknod

Create new device node NAME. toybox

On Linux

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Linux

from the toybox, 0BSD

Create new device node NAME. TYPE is b for block device, c for character device, p for named pipe (which ignores MAJOR/MINOR). !-Z Set security context of new device These days devtmpfs usually creates nodes for you. For the historical list, See https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lanana/device-list/devices-2.6.txt

mknod [-m MODE] ![!-!Z! !C!O!N!T!E!X!T!]! NAME TYPE [MAJOR MINOR]
-m MODEMode (file permissions) of new device, in octal or u+x format

Linux

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Create block or character device special files.

Create a block device

sudo mknod path/to/device_file b major_device_number minor_device_numberIdentify

Create a character device

sudo mknod path/to/device_file c major_device_number minor_device_numberIdentify

Create a FIFO (queue) device

sudo mknod path/to/device_file pIdentify

Create a device file with default SELinux security context

sudo mknod --context path/to/device_file type major_device_number minor_device_numberIdentify