Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 14:42:07 +0000 (UTC) From: Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-7@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r209537 - in stable/7: sbin/mount share/man/man5 Message-ID: <201006261442.o5QEg7vF059413@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: jilles Date: Sat Jun 26 14:42:07 2010 New Revision: 209537 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/209537 Log: MFC r208647,r208654: Clarify devfs manpages slightly. mount(8): add xref to devfs(5) devfs(5): change example to something more likely to be useful (it is not necessary to mount a devfs on /dev manually, but for chroots/jails it is often needed), mention since when devfs is preferred to device nodes on ufs and when device nodes on ufs stopped working PR: 146600 Modified: stable/7/sbin/mount/mount.8 stable/7/share/man/man5/devfs.5 Directory Properties: stable/7/sbin/mount/ (props changed) stable/7/sbin/mount/mount_fs.c (props changed) stable/7/share/man/man5/ (props changed) Modified: stable/7/sbin/mount/mount.8 ============================================================================== --- stable/7/sbin/mount/mount.8 Sat Jun 26 13:20:40 2010 (r209536) +++ stable/7/sbin/mount/mount.8 Sat Jun 26 14:42:07 2010 (r209537) @@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ support for a particular file system mig .Xr nmount 2 , .Xr acl 3 , .Xr mac 4 , +.Xr devfs 5 , .Xr ext2fs 5 , .Xr fstab 5 , .Xr procfs 5 , Modified: stable/7/share/man/man5/devfs.5 ============================================================================== --- stable/7/share/man/man5/devfs.5 Sat Jun 26 13:20:40 2010 (r209536) +++ stable/7/share/man/man5/devfs.5 Sat Jun 26 14:42:07 2010 (r209537) @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd December 14, 1996 +.Dd May 30, 2010 .Dt DEVFS 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ mount point. To mount a .Nm volume located on -.Pa /dev : +.Pa /mychroot/dev : .Pp -.Dl "mount -t devfs devfs /dev" +.Dl "mount -t devfs devfs /mychroot/dev" .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr devfs 8 , .Xr mount 8 @@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ The .Nm file system first appeared in .Fx 2.0 . +It became the preferred method for accessing devices in +.Fx 5.0 +and the only method in +.Fx 6.0 . The .Nm manual page first appeared in
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