From le@univie.ac.at Mon Dec 1 14:24:36 2003 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C13616A4CE for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 14:24:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailbox.univie.ac.at (mailbox.univie.ac.at [131.130.1.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B2F443F93 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 14:24:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from le@univie.ac.at) Received: from korben.in.tern (adslle.cc.univie.ac.at [131.130.102.11]) by mailbox.univie.ac.at (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hB1MOMD0364388 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 23:24:25 +0100 Received: from korben.in.tern (korben.in.tern [127.0.0.1]) by korben.in.tern (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hB1MONdY002865 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 23:24:24 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from le@korben.in.tern) Received: (from le@localhost) by korben.in.tern (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hB1MOII7002864; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 23:24:18 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from le) Message-Id: <200312012224.hB1MOII7002864@korben.in.tern> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 23:24:18 +0100 (CET) From: Lukas Ertl Reply-To: Lukas Ertl To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: [PATCH] handbook/multimedia: clarify 5.x behaviour wrt to devfs X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 X-GNATS-Notify: >Number: 59879 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [PATCH] handbook/multimedia: clarify 5.x behaviour wrt to devfs >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: blackend >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Dec 01 14:30:18 PST 2003 >Closed-Date: Wed Dec 03 14:01:44 PST 2003 >Last-Modified: Wed Dec 03 14:01:44 PST 2003 >Originator: Lukas Ertl >Release: FreeBSD 5.2-BETA i386 >Organization: Vienna University Computer Center >Environment: System: FreeBSD korben 5.2-BETA FreeBSD 5.2-BETA #68: Sun Nov 30 23:02:39 CET 2003 le@korben:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KORBEN i386 >Description: The multimedia/video playback chapter of the handbook is a little bit inconsistent about symbolic links when using devfs(5). Also add a note about "option USER_LDT" being only available on -stable. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: --- handbook.diff begins here --- Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/bsdcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.68 diff -u -r1.68 chapter.sgml --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml 24 Nov 2003 03:57:43 -0000 1.68 +++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml 1 Dec 2003 22:18:56 -0000 @@ -783,8 +783,16 @@ On FreeBSD 5.X, which uses &man.devfs.5; there is a slightly different set of recommended links: - &prompt.root; ln -sf /dev/acd0c /dev/dvd -&prompt.root; ln -sf /dev/acd0c /dev/rdvd + &prompt.root; ln -sf /dev/acd0 /dev/dvd +&prompt.root; ln -sf /dev/acd0 /dev/rdvd + + Please note that due to the nature of &man.devfs.5;, + manually created links like these will not persist if you reboot + your system. In order to create the symbolic links automatically + whenever you boot your system, add the following lines to + /etc/devfs.conf: + link acd0 dvd +link acd0 rdvd Additionally, DVD decryption, which requires invoking special DVD-ROM functions, requires write permission on the DVD @@ -805,6 +813,11 @@ option CPU_ENABLE_SSE option USER_LDT + + + option USER_LDT is not available on + &os; 5.X. + To enhance the shared memory X11 interface, it is recommended that the values of some &man.sysctl.8; variables --- handbook.diff ends here --- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-doc->blackend Responsible-Changed-By: blackend Responsible-Changed-When: Tue Dec 2 10:55:29 PST 2003 Responsible-Changed-Why: I'll take this one. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=59879 State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: blackend State-Changed-When: Wed Dec 3 14:01:25 PST 2003 State-Changed-Why: Fixed, thanks! http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=59879 >Unformatted: