From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Feb 10 19:30:12 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 370C937B401 for ; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 19:30:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6D2743FAF for ; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 19:30:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h1B3U9NS030858 for ; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 19:30:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h1B3U9K6030857; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 19:30:09 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 19:30:09 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200302110330.h1B3U9K6030857@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) Subject: Re: docs/35730: mknod(8) page refers to non-existent file device. Reply-To: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/35730; it has been noted by GNATS. From: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Re: docs/35730: mknod(8) page refers to non-existent file device. Date: 10 Feb 2003 19:26:16 -0800 Please re-open this PR to have the main problem fixed in 4.x. (It's not currently a problem in "5.x".) The English has already been corrected. This should fix the problem with the non-existent file. Patch based on .\" $FreeBSD: src/sbin/mknod/mknod.8,v 1.11.2.8 2002/03/19 01:56:38 dd Exp $ --- /pr/work/mknod..orig.8 Mon Feb 10 19:14:58 2003 +++ /pr/work/mknod.8 Mon Feb 10 19:25:34 2003 @@ -80,13 +80,7 @@ major device number to use for a particular device, check the file .Pa /dev/MAKEDEV to see if the device is known, or check -the system dependent device configuration file: -.Bd -ragged -offset indent -.Dq Pa /usr/src/sys/conf/device. Ns Aq Ar architecture -.Ed -.Pp -(for example -.Pa device.hp300 ) . +.Pa /usr/src/sys/conf/majors . .It Ar minor The minor device number tells the kernel which subunit the node corresponds to on the device; for example, To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message