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Date:      Sat, 2 Jan 2010 19:58:53 +0300
From:      pluknet <pluknet@gmail.com>
To:        swehack@gmail.com
Cc:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, Christian Brueffer <brueffer@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Writing Device Drivers needs updating?
Message-ID:  <a31046fc1001020858m4b474427r702d012f2aee7390@mail.gmail.com>
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2010/1/2 Stefan Midjich <swehack@gmail.com>:
> Hi
>
> I'm trying to find the file of majors, /usr/src/sys/conf/majors, as i was
> advised to read it from the online handbook.
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/arch-handbook/driverbasics-char.html
>
> I cannot find it though, does anyone know if it has been replaced or
> something? I obviously have the full ssys set for 8.0-RELEASE but i've also
> tried on an older 7.0 installation and it is not there either.
>
> Perhaps this documentation needs updating.

No, since the example mentioned in the article describes 4.x era.
Though it should be removed entirely as obsolete.

>
> Also the manual for mknod(8) mentions this file.

No longer in HEAD (should be fixed in 8.x past .0 as well, but not yet).

-- 
wbr,
pluknet



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