In article <20030207162820.B7389@snowdrop.l8s.co.uk> you write:
>Add the following arguments to mknod:
[...]
>Any takers?
>Should I delete the diffs ?

While I think you're right that MAKEDEV could use some work, I'm not sure
that extending mknod is the way to go.  In particular, remember that in a
diskless environment, MAKEDEV usually gets run on the NFS server, which may
well not be running NetBSD, and even if it is running NetBSD is likely to be
a different architecture and version from the system whose /dev is being
populated.  MAKEDEV isn't as portable as it could be, but making it even
less portable would be a bad idea IMO.

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Ben Harris                                                   <bjh21@netbsd.org>
Portmaster, NetBSD/acorn26           <URL:http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/acorn26/>