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

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gehenna 2002-09-06 14:13:48 +00:00
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.\" $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 @@ exact,
.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,