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5555 .BR master.local .
5656 In the distribution, they might include names for drivers that exist but are not
5757 distributed.
58+.PP
59+Except for a few fundamental drivers, the character assignment is
60+arbitrary, can vary between installations, and is notionally subject to change
61+(although that rarely happens).
62+The
63+.IR indir (3)
64+allows referring to drivers using a longer name that is even less likely to change.
5865 .SH SEE ALSO
5966 .IR bind (1),
6067 .IR sys-intro (2),
68+.IR indir (3),
6169 .IR namespace (6),
6270 .IR dev (10.2)