Next batch of fixes for Bug 675 - missing command descriptions.

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2880 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/chapter06/makedev-inst.xml b/chapter06/makedev-inst.xml
index cac1d0fea..571029432 100644
--- a/chapter06/makedev-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/makedev-inst.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 <para>Please note that unpacking the MAKEDEV-&makedev-version;.bz2 file
 doesn't create a directory for you to <userinput>cd</userinput> into, as
-the file contains one shell script.</para>
+the file only contains a single shell script.</para>
 
 <para>Install the MAKEDEV script:</para>
 
@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@ chmod 754 /dev/MAKEDEV</userinput></screen></para>
 <para><screen><userinput>cd /dev
 ./MAKEDEV -v generic-nopty</userinput></screen></para>
 
+<para>The meaning of the option:</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para><userinput>-v generic-nopty</userinput>: The
+<userinput>-v</userinput> parameter tells the MAKEDEV script to run in verbose
+mode. The <userinput>generic-nopty</userinput> parameter instructs MAKEDEV to
+create a generic selection of commonly used device special files, except for the
+ptyXX and ttyXX range of files. We don't need those files because we are going
+to use Unix98 PTYs via the <emphasis>devpts</emphasis> file
+system.</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
 <para>If a device you need is missing, try running
 <userinput>./MAKEDEV -v &lt;device&gt;</userinput>. Alternatively, you may
 create devices via the <emphasis>mknod</emphasis> program. Please refer to