Remove some more MAKEDEV information.
PR: 50294 Submitted by: Sergey A. Osokin <osa@FreeBSD.org.ru>
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@ -48,13 +48,6 @@
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The
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.Nm
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utility creates device special files.
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Normally the shell script
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.Pa /dev/MAKEDEV
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is used to create special files for commonly known devices; it executes
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.Nm
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with the appropriate arguments and can make all the files required for the
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device.
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.Pp
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To make nodes manually, the four required arguments are:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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@ -78,8 +71,6 @@ and pseudo devices, and are type
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The major device number is an integer number which tells the kernel
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which device driver entry point to use. To learn what
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major device number to use for a particular device, check
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.Pa /dev/MAKEDEV
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or
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.Pa /usr/src/sys/conf/majors .
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.It Ar minor
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The minor device number tells the kernel which subunit
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@ -116,17 +107,11 @@ will cause the number to be interpreted as octal.
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The
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.Xr chown 8 Ns - Ns
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like functionality is specific to
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.Fx
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and was added so that
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.Pa /dev/MAKEDEV
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would not depend on
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.Pa /usr
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being mounted.
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.Fx .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr mkfifo 1 ,
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.Xr mknod 2 ,
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.Xr chown 8 ,
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.Xr MAKEDEV 8
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.Xr chown 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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