Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 23:24:18 +0100 (CET) From: Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/59879: [PATCH] handbook/multimedia: clarify 5.x behaviour wrt to devfs Message-ID: <200312012224.hB1MOII7002864@korben.in.tern> Resent-Message-ID: <200312012230.hB1MUImu051398@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 59879
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [PATCH] handbook/multimedia: clarify 5.x behaviour wrt to devfs
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon Dec 01 14:30:18 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Lukas Ertl
>Release: FreeBSD 5.2-BETA i386
>Organization:
Vienna University Computer Center
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD korben 5.2-BETA FreeBSD 5.2-BETA #68: Sun Nov 30 23:02:39 CET 2003 le@korben:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KORBEN i386
>Description:
The multimedia/video playback chapter of the handbook is a little bit
inconsistent about symbolic links when using devfs(5).
Also add a note about "option USER_LDT" being only available on -stable.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- handbook.diff begins here ---
Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/bsdcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.68
diff -u -r1.68 chapter.sgml
--- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml 24 Nov 2003 03:57:43 -0000 1.68
+++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml 1 Dec 2003 22:18:56 -0000
@@ -783,8 +783,16 @@
<para>On FreeBSD 5.X, which uses &man.devfs.5; there
is a slightly different set of recommended links:</para>
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ln -sf /dev/acd0c /dev/dvd</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>ln -sf /dev/acd0c /dev/rdvd</userinput></screen>
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ln -sf /dev/acd0 /dev/dvd</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>ln -sf /dev/acd0 /dev/rdvd</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Please note that due to the nature of &man.devfs.5;,
+ manually created links like these will not persist if you reboot
+ your system. In order to create the symbolic links automatically
+ whenever you boot your system, add the following lines to
+ <filename>/etc/devfs.conf</filename>:</para>
+ <programlisting>link acd0 dvd
+link acd0 rdvd</programlisting>
<para>Additionally, DVD decryption, which requires invoking
special DVD-ROM functions, requires write permission on the DVD
@@ -805,6 +813,11 @@
<programlisting>option CPU_ENABLE_SSE
option USER_LDT</programlisting>
+
+ <note>
+ <para><literal>option USER_LDT</literal> is not available on
+ &os; 5.X.</para>
+ </note>
<para>To enhance the shared memory X11 interface, it is
recommended that the values of some &man.sysctl.8; variables
--- handbook.diff ends here ---
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