From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Dec 12 10:15:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9042137B401; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 10:15:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD04843EB2; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 10:15:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from moble.pittgoth.com (acs-24-154-229-196.zoominternet.net [24.154.229.196]) by pittgoth.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with SMTP id gBCIF7NN050570; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:15:08 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:15:35 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes To: Marc Fonvieille Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/46213: Documentation still refers to MAKEDEV Message-Id: <20021212131535.2709c298.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200212121750.gBCHo4SU049936@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200212121750.gBCHo4SU049936@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.6claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.7) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:50:04 -0800 (PST) Marc Fonvieille wrote: > The following reply was made to PR docs/46213; it has been noted by > GNATS. > > From: Marc Fonvieille > To: Murray Stokely > Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: docs/46213: Documentation still refers to MAKEDEV > Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 18:49:37 +0100 > > On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 09:14:39AM -0800, Murray Stokely wrote: > > > > Both snd.4 and the Handbook tell users to run MAKEDEV on a -CURRENT > > system as part of the process to get sound working. We really need > > to update these documents to correctly reflect the procedure for > > 5.0(devfs). > > > > True for snd(4) but not for the Handbook. I will even say the devfs > problem is fixed in the Handbook. Something like: > > Note: If you are running FreeBSD 5.0 or later you can safely skip > this section. These versions use devfs(5) to allocate device nodes > transparently for the user. > > was added where MAKEDEV "appears". > > Marc > I have just sent a patch to re about this matter. Case Closed. And I'll close the PR after this is complete. -- Tom Rhodes To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message