Block device, major- minor ?

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Subject: Block device, major- minor ?
From: "Umarzuki Mochlis" <umarzuki@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 23:31:24 +0800
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$ mknod block-device b 8 68

can somebody explains why do we need major and minor in creating a device file like above?

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Umarzuki Mochlis
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