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