svn commit: r368267 - in head: sbin/devfs share/man/man5

[John-Mark Gurney]

Author: jmg
Date: Tue Dec  1 23:25:21 2020
New Revision: 368267
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/368267

Log:
  add documentation that the rules need to be reloaded, and how to do it...
  
  MFC after:	1 week

Modified:
  head/sbin/devfs/devfs.8
  head/share/man/man5/devfs.rules.5

Modified: head/sbin/devfs/devfs.8
==============================================================================
--- head/sbin/devfs/devfs.8	Tue Dec  1 23:07:05 2020	(r368266)
+++ head/sbin/devfs/devfs.8	Tue Dec  1 23:25:21 2020	(r368267)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd October 5, 2016
+.Dd December 1, 2020
 .Dt DEVFS 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ utility provides an interface to manipulate properties
 .Xr devfs 5
 mounts.
 .Pp
+The rules, by default as configured by
+.Pa /etc/rc.conf ,
+are loaded at boot via the devfs
+.Xr service 8 .
+The rules can be reloaded by running the command:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+service devfs restart
+.Ed
+.Pp
 The
 .Ar keyword
 argument determines the context for
@@ -374,7 +383,8 @@ this feature can be used to copy rulesets:
 .Xr devfs.rules 5 ,
 .Xr chown 8 ,
 .Xr jail 8 ,
-.Xr mknod 8
+.Xr mknod 8 ,
+.Xr service 8
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Nm

Modified: head/share/man/man5/devfs.rules.5
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man5/devfs.rules.5	Tue Dec  1 23:07:05 2020	(r368266)
+++ head/share/man/man5/devfs.rules.5	Tue Dec  1 23:25:21 2020	(r368267)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd February 21, 2010
+.Dd December 1, 2020
 .Dt DEVFS.RULES 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ file:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 devfs_system_ruleset="localrules"
 .Ed
+.Pp
+The rules are loaded at boot via the devfs service.
+To load modified rules after the system has booted, run the command:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+service devfs restart
+.Ed
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -compact -width Pa
 .It Pa /etc/defaults/devfs.rules
@@ -122,7 +128,8 @@ group, a similar rule may be used:
 .Xr glob 3 ,
 .Xr devfs 5 ,
 .Xr devfs.conf 5 ,
-.Xr devfs 8
+.Xr devfs 8 ,
+.Xr service 8
 .Sh AUTHORS
 This manual page was written by
 .An Roland Smith Aq Mt rsmith at xs4all.nl .