On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 07:10:09AM +0100, Sebastien Marie wrote:
> I assume the date is unrevelant for device (and only for device) as the
> inode doesn't carry content.

From a technical and functional viewpoint the date is irrelevant, but surely
it's nice to know if a device file has been unexpectedly deleted and
re-created, (on a shared system), because it implies that somebody had root
access to do that.