Bug 139230

Summary: mknod(8) references /sys/conf/majors
Product: Documentation Reporter: pluknet <pluknet>
Component: Books & ArticlesAssignee: Christian Brueffer <brueffer>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Latest   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   
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Description pluknet 2009-09-29 08:40:05 UTC
The mknod(8) manpage still references /sys/conf/majors removed before 6.x:
/usr/src/sbin/mknod/mknod.8:.Pa /usr/src/sys/conf/majors .

Fix: What about this patch?
Comment 1 Christian Brueffer freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2009-10-31 12:22:31 UTC
State Changed
From-To: open->patched

Committed, thanks! 


Comment 2 Christian Brueffer freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2009-10-31 12:22:31 UTC
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-doc->brueffer

MFC reminder.
Comment 3 dfilter service freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2009-10-31 12:22:37 UTC
Author: brueffer
Date: Sat Oct 31 12:22:23 2009
New Revision: 198714
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/198714

Log:
  The majors file was removed long ago, 0 should be used instead.
  
  PR:		139230
  Submitted by:	pluknet <pluknet@gmail.com>
  MFC after:	1 week

Modified:
  head/sbin/mknod/mknod.8

Modified: head/sbin/mknod/mknod.8
==============================================================================
--- head/sbin/mknod/mknod.8	Sat Oct 31 11:23:54 2009	(r198713)
+++ head/sbin/mknod/mknod.8	Sat Oct 31 12:22:23 2009	(r198714)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)mknod.8	8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd December 15, 2004
+.Dd October 31, 2009
 .Dt MKNOD 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -74,9 +74,7 @@ and pseudo devices, and are type
 .It Ar major
 The major device number is an integer number which tells the kernel
 which device driver entry point to use.
-To learn what
-major device number to use for a particular device, check
-.Pa /usr/src/sys/conf/majors .
+This is a compatibility shim and should be left zero.
 .It Ar minor
 The minor device number tells the kernel which subunit
 the node corresponds to on the device; for example,
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Comment 4 dfilter service freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2011-06-11 00:42:15 UTC
Author: gjb (doc committer)
Date: Fri Jun 10 23:42:03 2011
New Revision: 222961
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/222961

Log:
  MFC 198714 [1]:
  
  - The majors file was removed long ago, 0 should be used instead.
  
  PR:		139230
  Original commit by:	brueffer

Modified:
  stable/8/sbin/mknod/mknod.8
Directory Properties:
  stable/8/sbin/mknod/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/8/sbin/mknod/mknod.8
==============================================================================
--- stable/8/sbin/mknod/mknod.8	Fri Jun 10 23:27:36 2011	(r222960)
+++ stable/8/sbin/mknod/mknod.8	Fri Jun 10 23:42:03 2011	(r222961)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)mknod.8	8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd December 15, 2004
+.Dd October 31, 2009
 .Dt MKNOD 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -74,9 +74,7 @@ and pseudo devices, and are type
 .It Ar major
 The major device number is an integer number which tells the kernel
 which device driver entry point to use.
-To learn what
-major device number to use for a particular device, check
-.Pa /usr/src/sys/conf/majors .
+This is a compatibility shim and should be left zero.
 .It Ar minor
 The minor device number tells the kernel which subunit
 the node corresponds to on the device; for example,
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Comment 5 Glen Barber freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2011-06-11 00:42:57 UTC
State Changed
From-To: patched->closed

MFCd to stable/8 and stable/7.
Comment 6 dfilter service freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2011-06-11 00:43:07 UTC
Author: gjb (doc committer)
Date: Fri Jun 10 23:42:49 2011
New Revision: 222962
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/222962

Log:
  MFC 198714 [1]:
  
  - The majors file was removed long ago, 0 should be used instead.
  
  PR:		139230
  Original commit by:	brueffer

Modified:
  stable/7/sbin/mknod/mknod.8
Directory Properties:
  stable/7/sbin/mknod/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/7/sbin/mknod/mknod.8
==============================================================================
--- stable/7/sbin/mknod/mknod.8	Fri Jun 10 23:42:03 2011	(r222961)
+++ stable/7/sbin/mknod/mknod.8	Fri Jun 10 23:42:49 2011	(r222962)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)mknod.8	8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd December 15, 2004
+.Dd October 31, 2009
 .Dt MKNOD 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -74,9 +74,7 @@ and pseudo devices, and are type
 .It Ar major
 The major device number is an integer number which tells the kernel
 which device driver entry point to use.
-To learn what
-major device number to use for a particular device, check
-.Pa /usr/src/sys/conf/majors .
+This is a compatibility shim and should be left zero.
 .It Ar minor
 The minor device number tells the kernel which subunit
 the node corresponds to on the device; for example,
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