[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man9 Document the ``device-major'' statement and r...

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details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/121b80cc1bcb
branches:  trunk
changeset: 536083:121b80cc1bcb
user:      gehenna <gehenna%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Fri Sep 06 14:13:48 2002 +0000

description:
Document the ``device-major'' statement and remove the ``major'' statement.

diffstat:

 share/man/man9/config.9 |  19 +++++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diffs (33 lines):

diff -r 8628d8047ad0 -r 121b80cc1bcb share/man/man9/config.9
--- a/share/man/man9/config.9   Fri Sep 06 14:00:00 2002 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man9/config.9   Fri Sep 06 14:13:48 2002 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"     $NetBSD: config.9,v 1.6 2002/03/23 22:36:45 heinz Exp $
+.\"     $NetBSD: config.9,v 1.7 2002/09/06 14:13:48 gehenna Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -252,13 +252,16 @@
 .Em needs-flag
 does not prevent autoconfiguration cloning.
 .El
-.It major major-list
-The devices listed in
-.Em major-list
-are associated with major device numbers, allowing them to be used for
-file system roots, swapping and crash dumps.  Since major numbers are
-machine dependent, they should not appear in the machine-independent
-device definition files.
+.It device-major name char [block] [attributes]
+The character device switch
+.Em name
+associated with a character major device number is added to the list of
+device switches used to build the kernel. If
+.Em block
+is specified, the block device switch associated with a block major device
+number is also added. If all of attributes are specified by devices in the
+machine description files, then device switches are added into the device
+switches' table of the kernel in compilation, otherwise they are omitted.
 .El
 .Pp
 To allow locators to be wildcarded in the machine description file,