From 79cf5ce7febf56b7c7682a7bf902e4600fd66c51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sascha Wildner Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:55:04 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add a devfs(5) manual page (based on FreeBSD's). --- share/man/man5/Makefile | 1 + share/man/man5/devfs.5 | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 96 insertions(+) create mode 100755 share/man/man5/devfs.5 diff --git a/share/man/man5/Makefile b/share/man/man5/Makefile index b8315db30d..1ad578c0a6 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man5/Makefile @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ MAN= acct.5 \ a.out.5 \ compilers.conf.5 \ core.5 \ + devfs.5 \ dir.5 \ disktab.5 \ elf.5 \ diff --git a/share/man/man5/devfs.5 b/share/man/man5/devfs.5 new file mode 100755 index 0000000000..dcd81517bd --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man5/devfs.5 @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@ +.\" 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. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man5/devfs.5,v 1.19 2006/09/18 15:24:19 ru Exp $ +.\" +.Dd September 12, 2009 +.Dt DEVFS 5 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm devfs +.Nd device file system +.\".Sh SYNOPSIS +.\".Bd -literal +.\"devfs /dev devfs rw 0 0 +.\".Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The device file system, or +.Nm , +provides access to kernel's device +namespace in the global file system namespace. +It is mounted automatically on +.Pa /dev . +.Pp +The file system 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 /dev +mount point. +.\".Pp +.\"The +.\".Xr mknod 8 +.\"tool can be used to recover deleted device entries under +.\".Nm . +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /dev/XXXX -compact +.It Pa /dev +The normal +.Nm +mount point. +.El +.\".Sh EXAMPLES +.\"To mount a +.\".Nm +.\"volume located on +.\".Pa /dev : +.\".Pp +.\".Dl "mount -t devfs devfs /dev" +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr devfsctl 8 +.\".Xr mount 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +file system first appeared in +.Dx 2.3 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Alex Hornung -- 2.11.4.GIT