From 99489036f8ac2df7c8a4368e5a2195d5b3af3791 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mpp Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 22:34:11 +0000 Subject: Actually add the man page. --- share/man/man5/devfs.5 | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 84 insertions(+) create mode 100644 share/man/man5/devfs.5 (limited to 'share') diff --git a/share/man/man5/devfs.5 b/share/man/man5/devfs.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2772af7 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man5/devfs.5 @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1996 +.\" Mike Pritchard . All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993, 1994 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software donated to Berkeley by +.\" Jan-Simon Pendry. +.\" +.\" 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. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``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 REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS 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. +.Dd December 14, 1996 +.Dt devfs 5 +.Os FreeBSD 2.2 +.Sh NAME +.Nm devfs +.Nd device file system +.Sh SYNOPSIS +devfs /devs devfs rw 0 0 +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The device file system, or +.Nm devfs , +provides access to kernel's device +namespace in the global filesystem namespace. +The conventional mount point is +.Pa /devs . +.Pp +The filesystem includes several directories, links, symbolic links +and devices, some of which can also be written. In a chroot'ed +environment, +.Nm +can be used to create a new +.Pa /devs +mount point. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /devs/XXXX -compact +.It Pa /devs +The normal +.Nm +mount point. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr mount_devfs 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +filesystem first appeared in +.Bx 4.4 . The +.Nm +manual page first appeared in +.Fx 2.2 . +.Sh AUTHOR +The +.Nm +manaul page was written by Mike Pritchard , +and was based on the +.Xr mount_devfs 8 +manual page. -- cgit v1.1