Author: bdubbs
Date: 2010-07-18 15:27:21 -0600 (Sun, 18 Jul 2010)
New Revision: 9337
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/chapter06/kernfs.xml
trunk/BOOK/general.ent
Log:
Clarified wording about device creation
when mounting virtual filesystems
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter06/kernfs.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter06/kernfs.xml 2010-07-07 19:21:08 UTC (rev 9336)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter06/kernfs.xml 2010-07-18 21:27:21 UTC (rev 9337)
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@
class="filesystem">tmpfs</systemitem>) on the <filename
class="directory">/dev</filename> directory, and allow the devices to be
created dynamically on that virtual filesystem as they are detected or
- accessed. This is generally done during the boot process by Udev. Since
- this new system does not yet have Udev and has not yet been booted, it is
- necessary to mount and populate <filename
+ accessed. Device creation is generally done during the boot process
+ by Udev. Since this new system does not yet have Udev and has not yet
+ been booted, it is necessary to mount and populate <filename
class="directory">/dev</filename> manually. This is accomplished by bind
mounting the host system's <filename class="directory">/dev</filename>
directory. A bind mount is a special type of mount that allows you to
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2010-07-07 19:21:08 UTC (rev 9336)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2010-07-18 21:27:21 UTC (rev 9337)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20100702">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "July 4, 2010">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20100718">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "July 18, 2010">
<!ENTITY copyrightdate "1999-2010"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not
– -->
<!ENTITY milestone "6.7">
<!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or
"x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
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