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+/* xmknod call using old-style Unix mknod system call.
+Copyright (C) 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+Library General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If
+not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
+Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+extern int __syscall_mknod (const char *, mode_t, dev_t);
+
+/* Create a device file named PATH, with permission and special bits MODE
+   and device number DEV (which can be constructed from major and minor
+   device numbers with the `makedev' macro above).  */
+int
+__xmknod (int vers, const char *path, mode_t mode, dev_t *dev)
+{
+  if (vers != _MKNOD_VER)
+    {
+      errno = EINVAL;
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+  return __syscall_mknod (path, mode, *dev);
+}
+
+weak_alias (__xmknod, _xmknod)