Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:45:25 +0300 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> To: lev@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: geom_<name>(4) vs g<name>(8) Message-ID: <4E7A3ED5.1050604@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <91483808.20110921225121@serebryakov.spb.ru> References: <91483808.20110921225121@serebryakov.spb.ru>
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on 21/09/2011 21:51 Lev Serebryakov said the following: > Hello, Freebsd-geom. > > Why some modules have geom_<name>(4) man page and others have > g<name>(8)? > > Again, is it intentional or historical? > > Maybe, we need to link all geom_<name>(4) to g<name>(8) and vice > versa? It is good to be able to "man <modulename>" and don't "guess" > that geom_<name>.ko is documented in g<name>(8). > > I could provide patches for this -- but maybe I don't understand > something and all these differences are intentional? > Section 4 is kernel drivers. Section 8 is userland system management utilities. Man pages for driver and related utilities should be cross-referenced but they don't have to be the same one page. Or did you mean something else? -- Andriy Gapon
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