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Date:      Sun, 21 Jul 2002 21:52:36 +0000
From:      Dima Dorfman <dima@trit.org>
To:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: DEVFS rule subsystem (was: cvs commit: src/sbin Makefile src/sbin/devfs Makefile devfs.8 devfs.c extern.h rule.c src/sys/conf files src/sys/fs/devfs devfs.h devfs_devs.c devfs_rule.c devfs_vfsops.c devfs_vnops.c ) 
Message-ID:  <20020721215236.5A6BB3F5F@turbine.trit.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020717162827.GA751@starjuice.net>; from sheldonh@starjuice.net on "Wed, 17 Jul 2002 18:28:27 %2B0200"

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Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> wrote:
> On (2002/07/17 01:52), Dima Dorfman wrote:
> 
> > The devfs(8) manual page is a pretty good reference of the existing
> > features and semantics, but it lacks polish needed to be able to serve
> > as an introduction.
> 
> Actually, I think it's brilliant.
> 
> The only nits are the weird sections, which made it hard for me to find
> my way around.  For example, the examples are all in an Examples
> subsection of the non-standard RULE SUBSYSTEM section, so I didn't see
> that there were examples when I first looked for them.
> 
> I'd suggest the attached patch, to make it easier for manpage die-hards
> to navigate.

The reason everything is written under subsections is that /sbin/devfs
is not, in theory, limited to just rule manipulation.  I don't really
like how I did it, either, but if I write everything under "standard"
sections like you suggest, adding non-rule stuff to devfs(8) will be a
much bigger pain.

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