Document some of the dev_t related APIs.

Submitted by: Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>

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+.\"
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+.\" $FreeBSD$
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+.Dd July 9, 2001
+.Dt CDEVSW_ADD 9
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm cdevsw_add
+.Nd "Adds a cdevsw entry"
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <sys/conf.h>
+.Ft int
+.Fo cdevsw_add
+.Fa "struct cdevsw *newentry"
+.Fc
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+function adds
+.Ar newentry
+to the cdevsw table if its major number is greater than or equal to zero,
+and is less than NUMCDEVSW.
+.Pp
+Its argument is: 
+.Bl -tag
+.It Ar 
+The device to add to the table.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+A value of 0 is returned on success; otherwise, EINVAL is returned
+indicating that the major number is not in the valid range.
+.Sh AUTHORS
+This man page was written by Chad David.