Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 16:12:14 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r41814 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics Message-ID: <201306011612.r51GCEGB017658@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: eadler Date: Sat Jun 1 16:12:14 2013 New Revision: 41814 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/41814 Log: There is no need to explicitly mention the lack of a need to create device nodes. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml Sat Jun 1 15:44:45 2013 (r41813) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml Sat Jun 1 16:12:14 2013 (r41814) @@ -2388,26 +2388,6 @@ Swap: 256M Total, 38M Used, 217M Free, 1 <para>Most devices in a &os; must be accessed through special files called device nodes, which are located in <filename class="directory">/dev</filename>.</para> - - <sect2> - <title>Creating Device Nodes</title> - - <para>When adding a new device to your system, or compiling - in support for additional devices, new device nodes must - be created.</para> - - <sect3> - <title><literal>DEVFS</literal> (DEVice File System)</title> - - <para> The device file system, <literal>DEVFS</literal>, - provides access to the kernel's device namespace in the - global file system namespace. Instead of having to - manually create and modify device nodes, - <literal>DEVFS</literal> automatically maintains this - particular file system. Refer to &man.devfs.5; for - more information.</para> - </sect3> - </sect2> </sect1> <sect1 id="binary-formats">
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