FUNCTION::MKDEV(3stap)

💖 FUNCTION::MKDEV 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Device Tapset corner of the SystemTap manual ✨ this one is short but she's mighty, and honestly? iconic. no cap.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

function::MKDEV — she creates a value that you can compare against a kernel device number, aka a kdev_t 💅

like. that's the whole job. and she does it flawlessly.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

MKDEV:long(major:long,minor:long)

look at her. two args in, one long out. main character energy fr fr 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• major — the intended major device number. you bring the major, she handles the rest 💜
• minor — the intended minor device number. yeah. that one. the minor. the little guy. the sidekick 🦋

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lowkey important: major is the intended major device number, and minor is the intended minor device number. the word "intended" is doing real work here, so don't sleep on it 🙈

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🧚 a lil sign-off 🧚

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was pulled straight from the SystemTap Tapset Reference, and the version + date at the bottom of the original said September 2026 — so yeah, she's fresh, she's current, she ate and left no crumbs 👑🌸

now go forth and compare your kdev_t values with confidence. periodt. 💖✨🎀