From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 2 16:58:59 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48D361065676; Sat, 2 Jan 2010 16:58:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pluknet@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f213.google.com (mail-bw0-f213.google.com [209.85.218.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A47888FC12; Sat, 2 Jan 2010 16:58:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz5 with SMTP id 5so8834588bwz.3 for ; Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:58:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=sXOzNZvoCg+cLOBxhhiSf9O+Kdh9p7kPgcLnk4J5qzo=; b=LOJ4KLSduvuuoPyJkVe8/xEWvuz1jJiVA8Aw+TKVcskyk/TGur6Y6/pYuAI22Xi/rz CsonGSAEq+7DfeWtC2anupbG8oJSMZvF3Hqe5DQUVtVLYCM3htvV58Qzl5xTe7C8zH5q 8Gtu3ZtXZcb24RFSo/EcPzYj0CDzDgDJS8fHM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=ODzDN4kQYQ26RgifoI3be07SbMIGzKKuna1pJkJMfo0eWaYxgM4sBz41h3yytM4n6Z /+3E+yjUZISQ8WdEEyKPWN2+xoq4K3/hpj57/W3+Y3M3gsVz4+EuEozqqtnzYognw0xE O1jLdPgRtHBwOoqbxdGrxbMioyb65V9aG5TlM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.32.19 with SMTP id a19mr1486782bkd.90.1262451533190; Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:58:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 19:58:53 +0300 Message-ID: From: pluknet To: swehack@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, Christian Brueffer Subject: Re: Writing Device Drivers needs updating? X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:58:59 -0000 2010/1/2 Stefan Midjich : > 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