Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932444AbWA0Jel (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jan 2006 04:34:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932443AbWA0Jel (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jan 2006 04:34:41 -0500 Received: from zux221-122-143.adsl.green.ch ([81.221.122.143]:33761 "EHLO kestrel.twibright.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932444AbWA0Jek (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jan 2006 04:34:40 -0500 Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:17:58 +0100 From: Karel Kulhavy To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Documentation for /dev/tun Message-ID: <20060127091758.GA6646@kestrel> References: <20060126140402.GB13403@kestrel> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Orientation: Gay X-Stance: Goofy User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 917 Lines: 24 On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 03:44:41PM +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote: > On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Karel Kulhavy wrote: > > > I have /dev/tun on my system and would like to read documentation about > > it. Because I already know that /dev/ttyS0 has manual page under man > > ttyS, I typed man tun No manual entry for tun also info tun No menu item > > `tun' in node `(dir)Top'. I also tried "tun" and "/dev/tun" at Wikipedia > > and they have nothing. > > Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt > drivers/net/tun.c is quite easy to read too. Why is man ttyS present and man tun missing? Is there any rule which says which devices should have manpage and which not? CL< > > -- > JiKos. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/