Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 20:40:12 +0300 (MSK) From: "Sergey A.Osokin" <osa@FreeBSD.org.ru> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/50294: [PATCH] mknod(8) clean up MAKEDEV entries Message-ID: <20030325174012.AF1D3E5@freebsd.org.ru>
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>Number: 50294 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [PATCH] mknod(8) clean up MAKEDEV entries >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: Tue Mar 25 09:40:23 PST 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Sergey A. Osokin >Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: n/a >Environment: System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 >Description: mknod(8) clean up MAKEDEV entries >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Index: src/sbin/mknod/mknod.8 =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sbin/mknod/mknod.8,v retrieving revision 1.24 diff -u -r1.24 mknod.8 --- src/sbin/mknod/mknod.8 24 Feb 2003 22:54:26 -0000 1.24 +++ src/sbin/mknod/mknod.8 25 Mar 2003 17:38:44 -0000 @@ -48,13 +48,6 @@ The .Nm utility creates device special files. -Normally the shell script -.Pa /dev/MAKEDEV -is used to create special files for commonly known devices; it executes -.Nm -with the appropriate arguments and can make all the files required for the -device. -.Pp To make nodes manually, the four required arguments are: .Pp .Bl -tag -width indent @@ -78,8 +71,6 @@ 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 /dev/MAKEDEV -or .Pa /usr/src/sys/conf/majors . .It Ar minor The minor device number tells the kernel which subunit @@ -116,17 +107,11 @@ The .Xr chown 8 Ns - Ns like functionality is specific to -.Fx -and was added so that -.Pa /dev/MAKEDEV -would not depend on -.Pa /usr -being mounted. +.Fx . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr mkfifo 1 , .Xr mknod 2 , -.Xr chown 8 , -.Xr MAKEDEV 8 +.Xr chown 8 .Sh HISTORY A .Nm >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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