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@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ the node corresponds to on the device; for example,
a subunit may be a filesystem partition
or a tty line.
.El
+.Pp
+Major and minor device numbers can be given using the normal C
+notation, so that a leading
+.Ql 0x
+indicates a hexadecimal number, and a leading
+.Ql 0
+will cause the number to be interpreted as octal.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mknod 2 ,
.Xr MAKEDEV 8
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