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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:03:29 +0100
From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org>
To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org>
Cc: docs@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Purging references to MAKEDEV...
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On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 10:37:23AM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> 
> DEVFS is now mandatory, and we should start to purge references to
> MAKEDEV in the documentation.
> 
> Any idea/suggestions how to go about doing this ?
>

The Handbook still covers 4.X even if the website version says
"5.0-RELEASE", references to MAKEDEV are necessary, but the text has
been updated with infos about DEVFS for 5.X systems.

It's not the case of the FAQ, but this one does not cover, for the
moment, 5.X.

Marc

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