Add man pages for devfs functions after Julian's descripton.

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+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Joerg Wunsch
+.\"
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" This program is free software.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
+.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
+.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
+.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" $Id$
+.\"
+.Dd December 31, 1995
+.Os FreeBSD
+.Dt DEVFS_ADD_DEVSW 9
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm devfs_add_devsw
+.Nd wire device into devswitch table
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <devfsext.h>
+.Ft void *
+.Fn devfs_add_devsw "char *path" "char *name" "void *devsw" "int minor" "int chrblk" "uid_t uid" "gid_t gid" "int perms"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The call that adds an entry into devfs is
+.Nm devfs_add_devsw .
+.Pp
+It's argumants are:
+.Bl -tag -width 8X
+.It Ar path
+the path to the device within DEVFS
+.It Ar name
+the name of the device
+.It Ar devsw
+the address of the devsw entry the name should access
+.It Ar minor
+the minor number
+.It Ar chrblk
+whether the device is CHAR or BLK
+.It Ar uid
+Owner UID
+.It Ar gid
+Owner GID
+.It Ar perms
+Permissions (e.g. rwxr--r-- = 0744)
+.El
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+It returns a token that can be used to link another name to the same
+device
+.Pq see Xr devfs_link 9 ,
+or destroy the device.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr devfs_link 9
+.Sh HISTORY
+The function
+.Nm
+appeared in FreeBSD 2.2.
+.Sh AUTHORS
+This man page has been written by
+.if t J\(:org Wunsch
+.if n Joerg Wunsch
+after a description from Julian Elischer.
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+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Joerg Wunsch
+.\"
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" This program is free software.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
+.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
+.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
+.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" $Id$
+.\"
+.Dd December 31, 1995
+.Os FreeBSD
+.Dt DEVFS_LINK 9
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm devfs_link
+.Nd make a hard link for a devfs entry
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <devfsext.h>
+.Ft void *
+.Fn devfs_link "char *path" "char *name" "void *original"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The function
+.Nm
+takes a token from a previous call to
+.Fn devfs_add_devsw
+or
+.Fn devfs_link
+as argument, and links it to an alias location denoted by
+.Ar path
+and
+.Ar name .
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+It returns a token for the newly linked devfs entry.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr devfs_add_devsw 9
+.Sh HISTORY
+The function
+.Nm
+appeared in FreeBSD 2.2.
+.Sh AUTHORS
+This man page has been written by
+.if t J\(:org Wunsch.
+.if n Joerg Wunsch.