Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 19:58:53 +0300 From: pluknet <pluknet@gmail.com> To: swehack@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, Christian Brueffer <brueffer@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Writing Device Drivers needs updating? Message-ID: <a31046fc1001020858m4b474427r702d012f2aee7390@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <e0e25d5e1001020746h622abc1axe0bcd56de972be0f@mail.gmail.com> References: <e0e25d5e1001020746h622abc1axe0bcd56de972be0f@mail.gmail.com>
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2010/1/2 Stefan Midjich <swehack@gmail.com>: > Hi > > I'm trying to find the file of majors, /usr/src/sys/conf/majors, as i was > advised to read it from the online handbook. > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/arch-handbook/driverbasics-char.html > > I cannot find it though, does anyone know if it has been replaced or > something? I obviously have the full ssys set for 8.0-RELEASE but i've also > tried on an older 7.0 installation and it is not there either. > > Perhaps this documentation needs updating. No, since the example mentioned in the article describes 4.x era. Though it should be removed entirely as obsolete. > > Also the manual for mknod(8) mentions this file. No longer in HEAD (should be fixed in 8.x past .0 as well, but not yet). -- wbr, pluknet
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