diff --git a/etc/MAKEDEV.tmpl b/etc/MAKEDEV.tmpl
index 36382203c72c..eb6d49c6b96c 100644
--- a/etc/MAKEDEV.tmpl
+++ b/etc/MAKEDEV.tmpl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
-#	$NetBSD: MAKEDEV.tmpl,v 1.42 2005/04/30 16:26:06 augustss Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: MAKEDEV.tmpl,v 1.43 2005/05/02 00:46:46 lukem Exp $
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2003 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 # All rights reserved.
@@ -296,7 +296,11 @@ _USAGE_
 	exit 1
 }
 
-zeropad() {
+# zeropad width number
+#	display number with a zero (`0') padding of width digits.
+#
+zeropad()
+{
 	case $(($1 - ${#2})) in
 	5)	echo 00000$2;;
 	4)	echo 0000$2;;
@@ -308,6 +312,23 @@ zeropad() {
 	esac
 }
 
+# hexprint number
+#	display (base10) number as hexadecimal
+#
+hexprint()
+{
+	case $1 in
+	[0-9])	echo $1 ;;
+	10)	echo a ;;
+	11)	echo b ;;
+	12)	echo c ;;
+	13)	echo d ;;
+	14)	echo e ;;
+	15)	echo f ;;
+	*)	echo $(hexprint $(($1 / 16)))$(hexprint $(($1 % 16))) ;;
+	esac
+}
+
 do_force=false
 do_specfile=false
 while getopts fm:s ch; do