diff --git a/Documentation/aoe/mkshelf.sh b/Documentation/aoe/mkshelf.sh
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+#! /bin/sh
+
+if test "$#" != "2"; then
+	echo "Usage: sh `basename $0` {dir} {shelfaddress}" 1>&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+n_partitions=${n_partitions:-16}
+dir=$1
+shelf=$2
+MAJOR=152
+
+set -e
+
+minor=`echo 10 \* $shelf \* $n_partitions | bc`
+endp=`echo $n_partitions - 1 | bc`
+for slot in `seq 0 9`; do
+	for part in `seq 0 $endp`; do
+		name=e$shelf.$slot
+		test "$part" != "0" && name=${name}p$part
+		rm -f $dir/$name
+		mknod -m 0660 $dir/$name b $MAJOR $minor
+
+		minor=`expr $minor + 1`
+	done
+done