Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 20:24:01 +0000 (UTC) From: Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r208647 - in head: sbin/mount share/man/man5 Message-ID: <201005292024.o4TKO1gf019223@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: jilles Date: Sat May 29 20:24:01 2010 New Revision: 208647 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/208647 Log: Clarify devfs manpages slightly. mount(8): add xref to devfs(5) devfs(5): change example to something more likely to be useful (it is not necessary to mount a devfs on /dev manually, but for chroots/jails it is often needed), mention since when devfs is preferred to device nodes on ufs PR: 146600 MFC after: 2 weeks Modified: head/sbin/mount/mount.8 head/share/man/man5/devfs.5 Modified: head/sbin/mount/mount.8 ============================================================================== --- head/sbin/mount/mount.8 Sat May 29 18:26:44 2010 (r208646) +++ head/sbin/mount/mount.8 Sat May 29 20:24:01 2010 (r208647) @@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ support for a particular file system mig .Xr nmount 2 , .Xr acl 3 , .Xr mac 4 , +.Xr devfs 5 , .Xr ext2fs 5 , .Xr fstab 5 , .Xr procfs 5 , Modified: head/share/man/man5/devfs.5 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man5/devfs.5 Sat May 29 18:26:44 2010 (r208646) +++ head/share/man/man5/devfs.5 Sat May 29 20:24:01 2010 (r208647) @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd December 14, 1996 +.Dd May 29, 2010 .Dt DEVFS 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ mount point. To mount a .Nm volume located on -.Pa /dev : +.Pa /mychroot/dev : .Pp -.Dl "mount -t devfs devfs /dev" +.Dl "mount -t devfs devfs /mychroot/dev" .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr devfs 8 , .Xr mount 8 @@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ volume located on The .Nm file system first appeared in -.Fx 2.0 . +.Fx 2.0 +and became the preferred method for accessing devices in +.Fx 5.0 . The .Nm manual page first appeared in
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