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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2019 The Falco Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+#
+
+# This module is used to understand where the makedev function is defined in the glibc in use. see 'man 3 makedev'
+# Usage: In your CMakeLists.txt include(FindMakedev)
+#
+# In your source code:
+#
+# #if HAVE_SYS_MKDEV_H #include <sys/mkdev.h> #endif #ifdef HAVE_SYS_SYSMACROS_H #include <sys/sysmacros.h> #endif
+#
+include(${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CheckIncludeFile.cmake)
+
+check_include_file("sys/mkdev.h" HAVE_SYS_MKDEV_H)
+check_include_file("sys/sysmacros.h" HAVE_SYS_SYSMACROS_H)
+
+if(HAVE_SYS_MKDEV_H)
+  add_definitions(-DHAVE_SYS_MKDEV_H)
+endif()
+if(HAVE_SYS_SYSMACROS_H)
+  add_definitions(-DHAVE_SYS_SYSMACROS_H)
+endif()