1 --- Python-2.6.8/Modules/posixmodule.c.orig  Tue Dec  9 20:39:20 2014
   2 +++ Python-2.6.8/Modules/posixmodule.c       Tue Dec  9 20:40:10 2014
   3 @@ -6743,9 +6743,9 @@
   4  {
   5      char *filename;
   6      int mode = 0600;
   7 -    int device = 0;
   8 +    ulong_t device = 0;
   9      int res;
  10 -    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s|ii:mknod", &filename, &mode, &device))
  11 +    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s|il:mknod", &filename, &mode, &device))
  12          return NULL;
  13      Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
  14      res = mknod(filename, mode, device);