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-rw-r--r--sbin/devfs/devfs.89
-rw-r--r--share/man/man5/devfs.rules.512
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/devfs/devfs.8 b/sbin/devfs/devfs.8
index 62e10d9..7a744d4 100644
--- a/sbin/devfs/devfs.8
+++ b/sbin/devfs/devfs.8
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd June 27, 2008
+.Dd February 21, 2010
.Dt DEVFS 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ Apply all the rules in ruleset number
to the node.
This does not necessarily result in any changes to the node
(e.g., if none of the rules in the included ruleset match).
+Include commands in the referenced
+.Ar ruleset
+are not resolved.
.It Cm mode Ar filemode
Set the file mode to
.Ar filemode ,
@@ -243,7 +246,9 @@ configuration file.
.It Pa /etc/devfs.rules
Local
.Nm
-configuration file.
+configuration file. Rulesets in here override those in
+.Pa /etc/defaults/devfs.rules
+with the same ruleset number, otherwise the two files are effectively merged.
.It Pa /etc/devfs.conf
Boot-time
.Nm
diff --git a/share/man/man5/devfs.rules.5 b/share/man/man5/devfs.rules.5
index c1e5d93..8a7b3d6 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/devfs.rules.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/devfs.rules.5
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd January 30, 2006
+.Dd February 21, 2010
.Dt DEVFS.RULES 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -83,8 +83,16 @@ devfs_system_ruleset="localrules"
.Ed
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -compact
-.It Pa /etc/devfs.rules
.It Pa /etc/defaults/devfs.rules
+Default
+.Nm
+configuration file.
+.It Pa /etc/devfs.rules
+Local
+.Nm
+configuration file. Rulesets in here override those in
+.Pa /etc/defaults/devfs.rules
+with the same ruleset number, otherwise the two files are effectively merged.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
To make all the partitions of
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