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Date:      Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:20:14 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Ed Schouten <ed@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r231376 - head/share/man/man9
Message-ID:  <201202101120.q1ABKEDG071087@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: ed
Date: Fri Feb 10 11:20:13 2012
New Revision: 231376
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/231376

Log:
  Remove outdated piece of information.
  
  devtoname() always returns a pathname to the device. It will never
  return a #major/minor string.
  
  MFC after:	2 weeks

Modified:
  head/share/man/man9/devtoname.9

Modified: head/share/man/man9/devtoname.9
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man9/devtoname.9	Fri Feb 10 10:23:55 2012	(r231375)
+++ head/share/man/man9/devtoname.9	Fri Feb 10 11:20:13 2012	(r231376)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd January 19, 2012
+.Dd February 10, 2012
 .Dt DEVTONAME 9
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -41,15 +41,6 @@ The
 function returns a pointer to the name of the device passed to it.
 The name is whatever was set to it in
 .Fn make_dev .
-If no name is associated with
-.Va dev ,
-a pointer to a string consisting of a
-.Dq #
-followed by
-.Dq Va major Ns / Ns Va minor
-as it applies to
-.Va dev
-is returned.
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Fn devtoname



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