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authorkeramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org>2003-03-25 14:49:02 +0000
committerkeramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org>2003-03-25 14:49:02 +0000
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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')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/pcm.427
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/tap.422
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/tun.426
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/ukbd.47
4 files changed, 5 insertions, 77 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/pcm.4 b/share/man/man4/pcm.4
index 75bd9b4e..a6cc530 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/pcm.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/pcm.4
@@ -148,33 +148,6 @@ device probed at boot time.
Device probe messages can be examined with the
.Xr dmesg 8
utility.
-.Pp
-On systems with
-.Xr devfs 5 ,
-supported device nodes will be created automatically.
-For systems without
-.Xr devfs 5 ,
-appropriate device nodes and symbolic links for the
-.Ql pcm0
-device can be created with the following commands:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-cd /dev; sh MAKEDEV snd0
-.Ed
-.Pp
-Similarly, the device nodes and symbolic links for the
-.Ql pcm1
-device would be created as follows:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-cd /dev; sh MAKEDEV snd1
-.Ed
-.Pp
-Since the
-.Pa /dev/MAKEDEV
-utility creates symbolic links that will be used by
-many utilities by default,
-the device nodes and symbolic links for the
-preferred audio device in systems with multiple audio devices
-should be created last.
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS AND TROUBLESHOOTING
.Bl -tag -width 2m
.It ac97: dac not ready
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,
diff --git a/share/man/man4/tun.4 b/share/man/man4/tun.4
index 85bf2c5..fdf5096 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/tun.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/tun.4
@@ -46,27 +46,9 @@ 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/tun0 ,
-and if that fails
-.Pa /dev/tun1
-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/tun .
When this device is opened,
@@ -298,9 +280,7 @@ them pile up.
.Xr inet 4 ,
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr pty 4 ,
-.Xr devfs 5 ,
-.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
-.Xr MAKEDEV 8
+.Xr ifconfig 8
.Sh AUTHORS
This manual page was originally obtained from
.Nx .
diff --git a/share/man/man4/ukbd.4 b/share/man/man4/ukbd.4
index e23b34f..2751829 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/ukbd.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/ukbd.4
@@ -52,13 +52,6 @@ config file:
.Pp
.Dl "options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV"
.Pp
-Go to
-.Pa /dev
-and make device nodes
-.Pa kbd* :
-.Pp
-.Dl "sh MAKEDEV kbd0 kbd1"
-.Pp
If both an AT keyboard USB keyboards are used at the same time, the
AT keyboard will appear as
.Pa kbd0
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