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nitj
what are the device numbers mentioned pfiles for the inodes residing in virtual file system?
The major number identifies the driver and the minor number an index passed to the driver to be used by the kernel to access a file.
Physical devices have their driver listed in the /etc/name_to_major file to keep the numbering between reboots. Virtual device drivers, like ctfs, are not listed there as there is no need for it.