# Script to recreate the /dev/mapper/control file
cat /proc/misc | grep device-mapper >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
   echo "The kernel does not support the \"device-mapper\" device."
   echo "Graceful exit."
   exit 0
fi
minor_nr=`cat /proc/misc | grep device-mapper | awk '{print $1}'`
[ ! -d /dev/mapper ] && mkdir /dev/mapper
[ ! -c /dev/mapper/control ] && mknod /dev/mapper/control c 10 $minor_nr
modprobe -q dm_mod
echo "device-mapper character device exists:"
ls -l /dev/mapper/control | tail -n 1
