Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 20:43:22 +0200 From: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> To: Christian Brueffer <brueffer@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r198768 - head/sbin/mknod Message-ID: <20091101184322.GP2147@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> In-Reply-To: <200911011825.nA1IPBQ2031333@svn.freebsd.org> References: <200911011825.nA1IPBQ2031333@svn.freebsd.org>
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--rJ8inJ6ig7iY3YX9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 06:25:11PM +0000, Christian Brueffer wrote: > Author: brueffer > Date: Sun Nov 1 18:25:11 2009 > New Revision: 198768 > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/198768 >=20 > Log: > Refine r198714, it's not as easy as just leaving the major number zero. > =20 > Submitted by: ed > MFC after: 1 week >=20 > Modified: > head/sbin/mknod/mknod.8 >=20 > Modified: head/sbin/mknod/mknod.8 > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D > --- head/sbin/mknod/mknod.8 Sun Nov 1 18:19:00 2009 (r198767) > +++ head/sbin/mknod/mknod.8 Sun Nov 1 18:25:11 2009 (r198768) > @@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ and pseudo devices, and are type > .It Ar major > The major device number is an integer number which tells the kernel > which device driver entry point to use. > -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, It seems that description of majors/minors there is absolutely irrelevant to the freebsd device nodes. Devfs simply does not work this way anymore for long time. Moreover, you cannot create special node that would become a node used to access device driver in the freebsd. The only use that is left for mknod c|b is to create special nodes on the filesystems exported by NFS for other un*xes. --rJ8inJ6ig7iY3YX9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkrt1soACgkQC3+MBN1Mb4gYdgCfVRG9fAgxWvdhXDPTpd9xRiCA 2zUAn0VejdTxf0D8KBwijJXL3VXhVJSa =6dAU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --rJ8inJ6ig7iY3YX9--
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