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| author | keramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-03-25 14:49:02 +0000 |
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| committer | keramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-03-25 14:49:02 +0000 |
| commit | 1eaf47abcc9f28dc4a9e68f3889045965a444b70 (patch) | |
| tree | 54c61dae36c12524a33f8b4499de63bf81e24692 /share/man/man4/tap.4 | |
| parent | 911be1a6f2f08f51433058dbd115a93fc57761e3 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-1eaf47abcc9f28dc4a9e68f3889045965a444b70.zip FreeBSD-src-1eaf47abcc9f28dc4a9e68f3889045965a444b70.tar.gz | |
Delete MAKEDEV references and update the text about /dev/foo control
devices that return the next available device when opened.
PR: 50280, 50281, 50282, 50283
Submitted by: Sergey A.Osokin <osa@FreeBSD.org.ru>
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/tap.4')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/tap.4 | 22 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/tap.4 b/share/man/man4/tap.4 index ceca5bc..fc818ef 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/tap.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/tap.4 @@ -45,27 +45,9 @@ module is unloaded (if .Nm is built into your kernel, the network interfaces cannot be removed). .Pp -On older systems without -.Xr devfs 5 -support, -.Xr MAKEDEV 8 -should be used to create the initial control devices and the task -of locating an unused device is left up to the opener (a -.Nm -device is usually obtained by attempting to open -.Pa /dev/tap0 , -and if that fails -.Pa /dev/tap1 -etc., until an -.Va errno -of -.Er EBUSY -is not received). -.Pp -On systems with -.Xr devfs 5 -support, +The .Nm +interface permits opens on the special control device .Pa /dev/tap . When this device is opened, |
