Document that the major and minor numbers are parsed by strtoul().

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1996-07-30 17:44:36 +00:00 · 1996-07-30 17:44:36 +00:00 · 6ee990e0d5 · 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
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--- a/sbin/mknod/mknod.8
+++ b/sbin/mknod/mknod.8
@ -91,8 +91,9 @@ 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
+Major and minor device numbers can be given in any format acceptable to
+.Xr strtoul 3 ,
+so that a leading
 .Ql 0x
 indicates a hexadecimal number, and a leading
 .Ql 0