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MAKEDEV(8)							    MAKEDEV(8)

NAME
       MAKEDEV - create system and device special files

SYNOPSIS
       MAKEDEV name ...

DESCRIPTION
       The  shell  script MAKEDEV, found in the ``/dev'' directory, is used to
       create the common special files.	 See special(8) for  a	more  complete
       discussion of special files.

       MAKEDEV	takes any number of device names as arguments, where the names
       are the common abbreviation for the  device.   There  are  two  special
       devices,	 ``std''  and  ``local''.   The	 former	 creates  the standard
       devices for the architecture.  The latter is for	 devices  specific  to
       the local site, and executes the shell file ``MAKEDEV.local''.

       The  VAX	 supports  the following devices.  Where a device name is fol‐
       lowed by a hash sign (``#''), the hash sign must be replaced by a  unit
       number.

       std	 the  standard	devices (console, crl, csa1, csa2, drum, fd/*,
		 floppy, kUmem, klog, kmem, mem, null, stderr, stdin,  stdout,
		 tty, tu0, tu1)
       local	 configuration specific devices
       ad#	 unibus interface to data translation a/d converter
       ct#	 unibus parallel interface to CAT typesetter
       dh#	 unibus dh11 and emulations (e.g. Able dmax, Emulex cs-11)
       dhu#	 unibus dhu11
       dmf#	 unibus dmf32
       dmz#	 unibus dmz32
       dn#	 unibus dn11 and emulations (e.g. Able Quadracall)
       dz#	 unibus dz11 and dz32
       hk#	 unibus rk06 and rk07
       hp#	 massbus rm??
       ht#	 massbus tm03 & tu??
       ik#	 unibus interface to ikonas frame buffer
       kra#	 bi kdb50 w/ ra??
       lp#	 unibus lp11 parallel interface
       mt#	 massbus tu78
       np#	 unibus ethernet co-processor interface, for downloading.
       ps#	 unibus interface to e&s picture system 2
       pty#	 set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals
       qv#	 qvss (microvax) display
       ra#	 unibus uda50 w/ ra??
       rb#	 730 idc w/ rb80 and/or rb02
       rl#	 unibus rl02
       rx#	 unibus rx211 floppy disk
       tm#	 unibus tm11 & te10 emulations (e.g. Emulex tc-11)
       tms#	 unibus/qbus TMSCP (e.g. TU81, TK50)
       ts#	 unibus ts11
       ttyv0	 qvss (microvax) display reserved pty
       up#	 other unibus devices (e.g. on Emulex sc-21v controller)
       ut#	 unibus tu45 emulations (e.g.si 9700)
       uu#	 tu58 cassettes on dl11 controller
       va#	 unibus varian parallel interface
       vp#	 unibus versatec parallel interface

FILES
       /dev	 The special file directory.

SEE ALSO
       mknod(1), intro(4), config(8), special(8)

4.4 Berkeley Distribution	 June 5, 1993			    MAKEDEV(8)
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