Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:32:02 GMT From: pluknet <pluknet@gmail.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/139230: mknod(8) references /sys/conf/majors Message-ID: <200909290732.n8T7W2cG084465@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200909290740.n8T7e5Z0066628@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 139230 >Category: docs >Synopsis: mknod(8) references /sys/conf/majors >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Sep 29 07:40:05 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: pluknet >Release: 7.2-RELEASE-p3 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: The mknod(8) manpage still references /sys/conf/majors removed before 6.x: /usr/src/sbin/mknod/mknod.8:.Pa /usr/src/sys/conf/majors . >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: What about this patch? Index: sbin/mknod/mknod.8 =================================================================== --- sbin/mknod/mknod.8 (revision 197608) +++ sbin/mknod/mknod.8 (working copy) @@ -74,9 +74,7 @@ .It Ar major The major device number is an integer number which tells the kernel which device driver entry point to use. -To learn what -major device number to use for a particular device, check -.Pa /usr/src/sys/conf/majors . +This is a compatibility shim and should be left zero. .It Ar minor The minor device number tells the kernel which subunit the node corresponds to on the device; for example, >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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