There is no need to explicitly mention the lack of a need to create device nodes.

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Eitan Adler 2013-06-01 16:12:14 +00:00
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<para>Most devices in a &os; must be accessed through special
files called device nodes, which are located in
<filename class="directory">/dev</filename>.</para>
<sect2>
<title>Creating Device Nodes</title>
<para>When adding a new device to your system, or compiling
in support for additional devices, new device nodes must
be created.</para>
<sect3>
<title><literal>DEVFS</literal> (DEVice File System)</title>
<para> The device file system, <literal>DEVFS</literal>,
provides access to the kernel's device namespace in the
global file system namespace. Instead of having to
manually create and modify device nodes,
<literal>DEVFS</literal> automatically maintains this
particular file system. Refer to &man.devfs.5; for
more information.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="binary-formats">