diff -Nuar busybox-1.1.3+gentoo.orig/util-linux/mdev.c busybox-1.1.3+gentoo/util-linux/mdev.c
--- busybox-1.1.3+gentoo.orig/util-linux/mdev.c	2006-06-13 05:30:42.000000000 -0700
+++ busybox-1.1.3+gentoo/util-linux/mdev.c	2008-03-01 18:17:36.000000000 -0800
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 	/* Determine device name, type, major and minor */
 
 	device_name = strrchr(path, '/') + 1;
-	type = strncmp(path+5, "block/", 6) ? S_IFCHR : S_IFBLK;
+	type = strstr(path+5, "block/") == NULL ? S_IFCHR : S_IFBLK;
 	if (sscanf(temp, "%d:%d", &major, &minor) != 2)
 		goto end;