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diff --git a/bsd/man/man4/bpf.4 b/bsd/man/man4/bpf.4
index b79476efc8f7f51ef2c51652080b1e48f71fea96..17b9876c336616fc9864c7941864fd6e544c089f 100644 (file)
--- a/bsd/man/man4/bpf.4
+++ b/bsd/man/man4/bpf.4
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ packet can be processed per write.
 Currently, only writes to Ethernets and
 .Tn SLIP
 links are supported.
+.Pp
+When the last minor device is opened, an additional minor device is 
+created on demand. The maximum number of devices that can be created is 
+controlled by the sysctl debug.bpf_maxdevices.
 .Sh IOCTLS
 The
 .Xr ioctl 2