Sheldon Hearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On (2002/07/17 01:52), Dima Dorfman wrote:
> 
> > The devfs(8) manual page is a pretty good reference of the existing
> > features and semantics, but it lacks polish needed to be able to serve
> > as an introduction.
> 
> Actually, I think it's brilliant.
> 
> The only nits are the weird sections, which made it hard for me to find
> my way around.  For example, the examples are all in an Examples
> subsection of the non-standard RULE SUBSYSTEM section, so I didn't see
> that there were examples when I first looked for them.
> 
> I'd suggest the attached patch, to make it easier for manpage die-hards
> to navigate.

The reason everything is written under subsections is that /sbin/devfs
is not, in theory, limited to just rule manipulation.  I don't really
like how I did it, either, but if I write everything under "standard"
sections like you suggest, adding non-rule stuff to devfs(8) will be a
much bigger pain.

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