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diff --git a/usr/src/man/man7fs/dev.7fs b/usr/src/man/man7fs/dev.7fs deleted file mode 100644 index 6aa994d322..0000000000 --- a/usr/src/man/man7fs/dev.7fs +++ /dev/null @@ -1,83 +0,0 @@ -.\" -.\" Copyright (c) 2006, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved -.\" Copyright 2021 Oxide Computer Company -.\" -.\" The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the -.\" Common Development and Distribution License (the "License"). -.\" You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. -.\" -.\" You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE -.\" or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing. -.\" See the License for the specific language governing permissions -.\" and limitations under the License. -.\" -.\" When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL HEADER in each -.\" file and include the License file at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE. -.\" If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the -.\" fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying -.\" information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner] -.\" -.Dd November 29, 2021 -.Dt DEV 7FS -.Os -.Sh NAME -.Nm dev -.Nd Device name file system -.Sh DESCRIPTION -The -.Nm -filesystem manages the name spaces of devices in the operating system. -The global zone's instance of the -.Nm -filesystem is mounted during boot on -.Pa /dev . -This filesystem is colloqiually called -.Sq sdev -as a way to distinguish it from the -.Xr devfs 7FS -filesystem mounted at -.Pa /devices . -.Pp -A subdirectory under -.Pa /dev -may have unique operational semantics. -Most of the common device names under -.Pa /dev -are created automatically by -.Xr devfsadm 1M -Others, such as -.Pa /dev/pts , -.Pa /dev/net , -and -.Pa /dev/zvol -are dynamic and reflect the operational state of the system. -You can manually generate device names for newly attached hardware by invoking -.Xr devfsadm 1M -or implicitly, by indirectly causing a lookup or readdir operation in the -filesystem to occur. -For example, you can discover a disk that was attached when the system was -powered down (and generate a name for that device) by invoking -.Xr format 1M . -.Pp -In a non-global zone, the -.Nm -filesystem is also mounted at -.Pa /dev ; -however, it is generally speaking read-only. -Unlike in the global zone, a privileged user in a non-global zone cannot create -directories or files, directories, or other objects within the filesystem. -.Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -width Pa -.It Pa /dev -Mount point for the -.Nm -filesystem in the global zone and non-global zones. -.El -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr devfsadm 1M , -.Xr format 1M , -.Xr devfs 7FS -.Sh NOTES -The global -.Pa /dev -instance cannot be unmounted. |