MAKEDEV(8)MAKEDEV(8)NAMEMAKEDEV - create system and device special files
SYNOPSISMAKEDEV name ...
DESCRIPTION
The shell script MAKEDEV, found in the ``/dev'' directory,
is used to create the common special files. See spe-
cial(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 i386 supports the following devices. Where a device
name is followed by a hash sign (``#''), the hash sign
must be replaced by a unit number.
std the standard devices (console, drum, fd/*, klog,
kmem, mem, null, zero, stderr, stdin, stdout,
tty, vga, kdb, lp#, mouse). Also makes special
files for fd, wd, sd, mcd, wt, st, com, pty,
conskbd and bpf, described below.
local configuration specific devices
bpf# Berkeley packet filter - for analyzing network
traffic
com# standard PC COM ports and AST compatible multi-
plexor boards. The devices are actually named
tty00, tty01, etc. tty# is an alias for com# in
MAKEDEV.
conskbd0 raw access to console display and keyboard
fd# ``floppy'' disk drives (3 1/2, 5 1/4)
flog# kernel logging device
mcd# Mitsumi ISA CD-ROM
midi MusicQuest MIDI driver
ms# Maxpeed multi port serial card. Each card sup-
ports 8 ports numbered 0-7. The entries are
named ttyh[0-7] for the first card, ttyi[0-7]
for the second, etc.
pty# set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals
rc# RISCom/N8 8 port serial card. Each card sup-
ports 8 ports numbered 0-7. The entries are
named ttya[0-7] for the first card, ttyb[0-7]
for the second, etc.
sd# SCSI disk drives, including R/W optical and CD-
ROM
st# SCSI interfaced tape, including quarter inch and
8mm
wd# ``winchester'' disk drives (ST506, IDE, ESDI,
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RLL etc.)
wt# QIC-02 interfaced quarter inch cartridge tape
FILES
/dev The special file directory.
SEE ALSOintro(4), config(8), mknod(8)
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