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+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN"
+"dtd/kdex.dtd" [
+<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
+<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here -->
+]>
+
+<article lang="&language;">
+<title>Device Information</title>
+<articleinfo>
+
+<authorgroup>
+<author>&Matthias.Hoelzer-Kluepfel;</author>
+<author>&Helge.Deller;</author>
+<author>&Duncan.Haldane;</author>
+<author>&Mike.McBride;</author>
+<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
+</authorgroup>
+
+<date>2002-02-12</date>
+<releaseinfo>3.00.00</releaseinfo>
+
+<keywordset>
+<keyword>KDE</keyword>
+<keyword>KControl</keyword>
+<keyword>device</keyword>
+<keyword>system information</keyword>
+</keywordset>
+</articleinfo>
+
+<sect1>
+<title>Device Information</title>
+
+<para>
+This page displays information about the available devices,
+</para>
+
+<note>
+<para>
+The exact information displayed is system-dependent. On some systems,
+device information cannot be displayed yet.
+</para>
+</note>
+
+<para>
+On &Linux;, this information is read from <filename
+class="devicefile">/proc/devices</filename> and <filename
+class="devicefile">/proc/misc</filename>, which are only available if
+the <filename class="directory">/proc</filename> pseudo-filesystem is
+compiled into the kernel. Devices are listed by group (Character, Block,
+or Miscellaneous). The device major number is listed, followed by an
+identifying label.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+The user cannot modify any settings on this page.
+</para>
+
+</sect1>
+</article>