From 2bf32ffa3a77f22c467e18b0244bfc96df0da7bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Xi Ruoyao Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2022 15:27:19 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] kernfs: "device nodes" are in /dev, not "devices" You cannot throw a NVIDIA GTX 690 into /dev :). --- chapter07/kernfs.xml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/chapter07/kernfs.xml b/chapter07/kernfs.xml index 4a1cac179..3e96bee5e 100644 --- a/chapter07/kernfs.xml +++ b/chapter07/kernfs.xml @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ mounts the devtmpfs filesystem on the /dev directory; the kernel - creates device on that virtual filesystem during the boot process + creates device nodes on that virtual filesystem during the boot process or when a device is first detected or accessed. The udev daemon may change the owner or permission of the device nodes created by the kernel, or create new device nodes or symlinks to ease the work of