Index: bootscripts/lfs/init.d/mountvirtfs
===================================================================
--- bootscripts/lfs/init.d/mountvirtfs	(revision bcb20b4701e957f150c8358a919093aa5d3fd8f0)
+++ bootscripts/lfs/init.d/mountvirtfs	(revision 9b463a2154202958f8b9909b3548cea4207aa2c5)
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 # Begin mountvirtfs
 #
-# Description : Mount proc, sysfs, and run
+# Description : Ensure proc, sysfs, run, and dev are mounted
 #
 # Authors     : Gerard Beekmans - gerard@linuxfromscratch.org
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@
 # Default-Start:       S
 # Default-Stop:
-# Short-Description:   Mounts /sys and /proc virtual (kernel) filesystems.
-#                      Mounts /run (tmpfs) and /dev (devtmpfs).
+# Short-Description:   Mounts various special fs needed at start
 # Description:         Mounts /sys and /proc virtual (kernel) filesystems.
 #                      Mounts /run (tmpfs) and /dev (devtmpfs).
+#                      This is done only if they are not already mounted.
+#                      with the kernel config proposed in the book, dev
+#                      should be automatically mounted by the kernel.
 # X-LFS-Provided-By:   LFS
 ### END INIT INFO
Index: chapter09/usage.xml
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--- chapter09/usage.xml	(revision bcb20b4701e957f150c8358a919093aa5d3fd8f0)
+++ chapter09/usage.xml	(revision 9b463a2154202958f8b9909b3548cea4207aa2c5)
@@ -36,9 +36,19 @@
 <literallayout>0: halt the computer
 1: single-user mode
-2: multi-user mode without networking
+2: reserved for customization, otherwise does the same as 3
 3: multi-user mode with networking
 4: reserved for customization, otherwise does the same as 3
-5: same as 4, it is usually used for GUI login (like X's <command>xdm</command> or KDE's <command>kdm</command>)
+5: same as 4, it is usually used for GUI login (like GNOME's <command>gdm</command> or LXDE's <command>lxdm</command>)
 6: reboot the computer</literallayout>
+
+    <note>
+       <para>
+          Classically, run level 2 above was defined as 
+          "multi-user mode without networking", but this was only the case 
+          many years ago when multiple users could log into a system connected via
+          serial ports.  In today's environment it makes no sense and
+          we designate it now as "reserved".
+       </para>
+    </note>
 
   </sect2>
@@ -128,5 +138,5 @@
   class="directory">/etc/rc.d</filename> that look like <filename
   class="directory">rc?.d</filename> (where ? is the number of the run-level) and
-  <filename class="directory">rcsysinit.d</filename>, all containing a number of
+  <filename class="directory">rcS.d</filename>, all containing a number of
   symbolic links. Some begin with a <emphasis>K</emphasis>, the others begin with
   an <emphasis>S</emphasis>, and all of them have two numbers following the
@@ -156,5 +166,9 @@
   <parameter>stop</parameter> to stop something. The logic behind this
   is that when a user is going to reboot or halt the system, nothing
-  needs to be started.  The system only needs to be stopped.</para>
+  needs to be started, but the order of shutdown needs to be controlled.
+  For these run levels, all <emphasis>K</emphasis> prefixed scripts will be 
+  run before any <emphasis>S</emphasis> prefixed scripts are run with the
+  <parameter>stop</parameter> parameter.
+  </para>
 
   <para>These are descriptions of what the arguments make the scripts
Index: chapter10/kernel.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter10/kernel.xml	(revision bcb20b4701e957f150c8358a919093aa5d3fd8f0)
+++ chapter10/kernel.xml	(revision 9b463a2154202958f8b9909b3548cea4207aa2c5)
@@ -114,8 +114,11 @@
   Generic Driver Options  ---&gt;
    [ ] Support for uevent helper [CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER]
-   [*] Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev [CONFIG_DEVTMPFS]</screen>
+   [*] Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev [CONFIG_DEVTMPFS]
+   [*]   Automount devtmpfs at /dev, after the kernel mounted the rootfs [CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT]</screen>
 
       <screen role="nodump" revision="systemd">General setup -->
    [ ] Auditing Support [CONFIG_AUDIT]
+   CPU/Task time and stats accounting ---&gt;
+      [*] Pressure stall information tracking [CONFIG_PSI]
    &lt; &gt; Enable kernel headers through /sys/kernel/kheaders.tar.xz [CONFIG_IKHEADERS]
    [*] Control Group support [CONFIG_CGROUPS]   ---&gt;
@@ -124,6 +127,4 @@
    [*] Configure standard kernel features (expert users) [CONFIG_EXPERT] ---&gt;
       [*] open by fhandle syscalls [CONFIG_FHANDLE]
-   CPU/Task time and stats accounting ---&gt;
-      [*] Pressure stall information tracking [CONFIG_PSI]
 General architecture-dependent options  ---&gt;
    [*] Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode [CONFIG_SECCOMP]
@@ -132,18 +133,19 @@
    &lt;*&gt; The IPv6 protocol [CONFIG_IPV6]
 Device Drivers  ---&gt;
+  Generic Driver Options  ---&gt;
+   [ ] Support for uevent helper [CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER]
+   [*] Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev [CONFIG_DEVTMPFS]
+   [*]   Automount devtmpfs at /dev, after the kernel mounted the rootfs [CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT]
+   Firmware Loader ---&gt;
+      [ ] Enable the firmware sysfs fallback mechanism [CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER]
   Firmware Drivers   ---&gt;
    [*] Export DMI identification via sysfs to userspace [CONFIG_DMIID]
   Graphics support ---&gt;
    Frame buffer Devices ---&gt;
-      [*] Support for frame buffer devices ----
-  Generic Driver Options  ---&gt;
-   [ ] Support for uevent helper [CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER]
-   [*] Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev [CONFIG_DEVTMPFS]
-   Firmware Loader ---&gt;
-      [ ] Enable the firmware sysfs fallback mechanism [CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER]
+      &lt;*&gt; Support for frame buffer devices ---&gt;
 File systems  ---&gt;
    [*] Inotify support for userspace [CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER]
-  Pseudo filesystems  ---&gt;
-   [*] Tmpfs POSIX Access Control Lists [CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL]</screen>
+       Pseudo filesystems  ---&gt;
+        [*] Tmpfs POSIX Access Control Lists [CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL]</screen>
     </note>
 
@@ -197,4 +199,13 @@
           managing permissions and adding symlinks.  This configuration
           item is required for all users of Udev/Eudev.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>Automount devtmpfs at /dev</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This will mount the kernel view of the devices on /dev
+          upon switching to root filesystem just before starting
+          init.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
