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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  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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MAKEDEV(8)					       MAKEDEV(8)

		 RLL etc.)
       wt#	 QIC-02 interfaced quarter inch cartridge tape

FILES
       /dev	 The special file directory.

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

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