how is debian filling /dev/

[Maroš Žilka <maros.zilka@gmail.com>]

HI,

I was reading The Linux System Administrator's Guide
[http://www.tldp.org/LDP/sag/html/index.html] and there is stated that
device files are creatied by /dev/MAKEDEV but in my debian stable
instalation /dev/MAKEDEV is just symbolic link to /bin/true and i also
find out that there is package makedev which provides that but it is
not installed, so my question is what is default mechanism for debian
to fill /dev/ and more specifically how are /dev/loop* files created.

Thank you :)