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diff --git a/man/10/INDEX b/man/10/INDEX index fedbc2c9..c458b43a 100644 --- a/man/10/INDEX +++ b/man/10/INDEX @@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ malloc malloc mallocz malloc realloc malloc smalloc malloc +master master +master.local master memccpy memory memchr memory memcmp memory diff --git a/man/10/master b/man/10/master new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cc58661e --- /dev/null +++ b/man/10/master @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +.TH MASTER 10.6 +.SH NAME +master, master.local \- list of device specifiers +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B /emu/port/master +.br +.B /emu/port/master.local +.PP +.B os/port/master +.br +.B os/port/master.local +.SH DESCRIPTION +Each device has a name of the form +.BI # x +where +.I x +is a single Unicode character, +which represents the root of the name space served (generated) by the driver. +(There can be a further +.I specifier +that selects a particular hierarchy within the device, but that is not relevant here.) +These names allow the devices' name spaces to be added to a process's name space +(see +.IR sys-intro (2)), +using +.IR bind (1) +commands, +.IR sys-bind (2) +operations and +.IR namespace (6) +files. +A given character can represent only one driver in a running system, +but the same character might be used by several drivers in the source tree +if they are never configured into the same system (eg, different platforms or +mutually-exclusive configurations). +The file +.B #c/drivers +gives the local system's assignment (see +.IR cons (3)). +A list of the set of characters used across all drivers on all platforms +can be found in the several +.B master +files. +In the distribution, the +.B master.local +files list characters that are reserved for use by locally-written drivers. +They are updated by hand at a given installation. +The +.B master +files by contrast are generated automatically by +.B emu/port/mkfile +and +.B os/port/mkfile +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. +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR bind (1), +.IR sys-intro (2), +.IR namespace (6), +.IR dev (10.2) |