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| author | Charles.Forsyth <devnull@localhost> | 2008-10-25 10:15:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Charles.Forsyth <devnull@localhost> | 2008-10-25 10:15:12 +0000 |
| commit | 57691aaefebeda7e1fb88f8a6cd69ecd0c3381f1 (patch) | |
| tree | b7eb456e599858a0041d3b3a88aa150b078534a9 | |
| parent | 7556e48dc8d03d2b2085eeb0dc6de7d8f2a91aca (diff) | |
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diff --git a/man/10/master b/man/10/master index cc58661e..cea1940a 100644 --- a/man/10/master +++ b/man/10/master @@ -55,8 +55,16 @@ from the source for all platforms and .BR master.local . In the distribution, they might include names for drivers that exist but are not distributed. +.PP +Except for a few fundamental drivers, the character assignment is +arbitrary, can vary between installations, and is notionally subject to change +(although that rarely happens). +The +.IR indir (3) +allows referring to drivers using a longer name that is even less likely to change. .SH SEE ALSO .IR bind (1), .IR sys-intro (2), +.IR indir (3), .IR namespace (6), .IR dev (10.2) |