Bug 46213

Summary: Documentation still refers to MAKEDEV
Product: Documentation Reporter: Murray Stokely <murray>
Component: Books & ArticlesAssignee: freebsd-doc (Nobody) <doc>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Latest   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description Murray Stokely freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2002-12-12 17:20:01 UTC 
Both snd.4 and the Handbook tell users to run MAKEDEV on a -CURRENT
system as part of the process to get sound working.  We really need to
update these documents to correctly reflect the procedure for 5.0
(devfs).
Comment 1 Tom Rhodes freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2002-12-12 17:25:29 UTC 
On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:14:39 -0800 (PST)
Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote:

I am working on an update to the cutting edge and kernel configuration
chapters.  They will be committed very soon Murray.

Thanks for pointing it out to us.

--
Tom Rhodes
Comment 2 Marc Fonvieille freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2002-12-12 17:49:37 UTC 
On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 09:14:39AM -0800, Murray Stokely wrote:
> 
> Both snd.4 and the Handbook tell users to run MAKEDEV on a -CURRENT
> system as part of the process to get sound working.  We really need to
> update these documents to correctly reflect the procedure for 5.0
> (devfs).
>

True for snd(4) but not for the Handbook.  I will even say the devfs
problem is fixed in the Handbook.  Something like:

Note: If you are running FreeBSD 5.0 or later you can safely skip this
section. These versions use devfs(5) to allocate device nodes
transparently for the user.

was added where MAKEDEV "appears".

Marc
Comment 3 Tom Rhodes freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2002-12-12 19:59:20 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

blackend already has the Handbook updated && I've just patched pcm(4) to 
provide the requested information.  Thanks.