lindev(4freebsd)

lindev4freebsd

Linux-specific pseudo devices support

Usage

To compile this collection of linux-specific pseudo devices into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:

device lindev

Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

lindev_load="YES"

Overview

The lindev module provides a collection of linux-specific pseudo devices.

Devices

/dev/full

The full device always returns ENOSPC on write attempts. For reads it emulates zero(4).

Files

/dev/full

Releases

3 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 6.0
  2. 7
  3. 8

History

The lindev module first appeared in FreeBSD 8.1.

From freebsd-manpages 10.1~RC1-1 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.