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Date:      Mon, 20 Oct 2003 08:04:10 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: success (Re: USB problem: /dev/ugen* dynamically auto-reconfigures to root:operator 644, so non-root user unable to access USB devices even if wanted)
Message-ID:  <20031020150410.GC85686@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <9791.1066653600@critter.freebsd.dk>
References:  <20031020120949.GA930@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> <9791.1066653600@critter.freebsd.dk>

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On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 02:40:00PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> >Hint: here again we seem to be missing a manpage: devfs.rules(5).
> >
> >In /etc/rc.subr you see for example a reference to this manpage,
> >but it doesn't exist.
> 
> I'm sure we'd be more than happy to see somebody (hint hint!)
> send manual page text to us :-)

That's not the right attitude for something that is 100% your baby.
You've added a completely new subsystem to FreeBSD, one that people have
no choice but to deal with when they move from 4.x to 5.x since you
made devfs mandatory.  It is YOUR responsibility to document it.



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