mknod.2: update the man page
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rG4090d103b0c3: mknod.2: update the man page

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State that FIFOs can be created, document the requirement that
dev must be zero then.  Mention whiteouts.

PR:     297082

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kib created this revision.Jul 27 2026, 2:17 PM

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emaste added inline comments.Jul 27 2026, 2:21 PM

lib/libsys/mknod.2
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141–142	"anything other than" reads better to me with this longer list

Fix grammar and markup.

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