From b719ba7da7a8fa2d11dfc1f32a4f2fb400024083 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 22:22:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Explain that 5.X use devfs(5), so no need to create device
 nodes.

---
 en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
index 298ca710a5..1eb843d5af 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
@@ -364,7 +364,8 @@
       linkend="kernelconfig-noboot">does not boot</link>.</para>
 
     <note>
-      <para>If you have added any new devices (such as sound cards) you
+      <para>If you have added any new devices (such as sound cards) and you
+	are running FreeBSD&nbsp;4.X or previous versions, you
 	may have to add some device
 	nodes to your <filename>/dev</filename> directory before
 	you can use them. For more information, take a look at <link linkend="kernelconfig-nodes">Making
@@ -1191,6 +1192,11 @@ pseudo-device   bpf           # Berkeley packet filter</programlisting>
     <indexterm>
       <primary><command>MAKEDEV</command></primary>
     </indexterm>
+
+    <note><para>If you are running FreeBSD&nbsp;5.0 or later
+      you can safely skip this section.  These versions use
+      &man.devfs.5; to maintain device nodes for you.</para></note>
+
     <para>Almost every device in the kernel has a corresponding
       <quote>node</quote> entry in the <filename>/dev</filename> directory.
       These nodes look like regular files, but are actually special