geom_<name>(4) vs g<name>(8)

[Andriy Gapon]

on 21/09/2011 21:51 Lev Serebryakov said the following:
> Hello, Freebsd-geom.
> 
>   Why some modules have geom_<name>(4) man page and others have
>  g<name>(8)?
> 
>    Again, is it intentional or historical?
> 
>    Maybe, we need to link all geom_<name>(4) to g<name>(8) and vice
> versa? It is good to be able to "man <modulename>" and don't "guess"
> that geom_<name>.ko is documented in g<name>(8).
> 
>    I could provide patches for this -- but maybe I don't understand
>  something and all these differences are intentional?
> 

Section 4 is kernel drivers.
Section 8 is userland system management utilities.
Man pages for driver and related utilities should be cross-referenced but they
don't have to be the same one page.
Or did you mean something else?

-- 
Andriy Gapon