devfs -- device file system
devfs /dev devfs rw 0 0
The device file system, or devfs, provides access to kernel's device
namespace in the global file system namespace. The conventional mount
point is /dev.
The file system includes several directories, links, symbolic links and
devices, some of which can also be written. In a chroot'ed environment,
devfs can be used to create a new /dev mount point.
/dev The normal devfs mount point.
mount_devfs(8)
The devfs file system first appeared in FreeBSD 2.0. The devfs manual
page first appeared in FreeBSD 2.2.
The devfs manual page was written by Mike Pritchard <[email protected]>,
and was based on the mount_devfs(8) manual page.
FreeBSD 5.2.1 December 14, 1996 FreeBSD 5.2.1 [ Back ] | 