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$FreeBSD: head/share/man/man5/devfs.5 79538 2001-07-10 15:31:11Z ru $
.Dd December 14, 1996 .Dt DEVFS 5 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm devfs .Nd device file system .Sh SYNOPSIS devfs /dev devfs rw 0 0 .Sh DESCRIPTION The device file system, or .Nm , provides access to kernel's device namespace in the global filesystem namespace. The conventional mount point is
Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org>. All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1992, 1993, 1994
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
All rights reserved.
This code is derived from software donated to Berkeley by
Jan-Simon Pendry.
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modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:
1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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This product includes software developed by the University of
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may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
without specific prior written permission.
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$FreeBSD: head/share/man/man5/devfs.5 79538 2001-07-10 15:31:11Z ru $
.Dd December 14, 1996 .Dt DEVFS 5 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm devfs .Nd device file system .Sh SYNOPSIS devfs /dev devfs rw 0 0 .Sh DESCRIPTION The device file system, or .Nm , provides access to kernel's device namespace in the global filesystem namespace. The conventional mount point is
a /dev .
p The filesystem includes several directories, links, symbolic links and devices, some of which can also be written. In a chroot'ed environment, .Nm can be used to create a new
a /dev mount point. .Sh FILES l -tag -width /dev/XXXX -compact t Pa /dev The normal .Nm mount point. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr mount_devfs 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm filesystem first appeared in .Fx 2.0 . The .Nm manual page first appeared in .Fx 2.2 . .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm manual page was written by .An Mike Pritchard Aq mpp@FreeBSD.org , and was based on the .Xr mount_devfs 8 manual page.