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MAKEDEV(8)	     OpenBSD System Manager's Manual (VAX)	    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
     various special files.  See intro(4) 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 or group of devices.

     Where a device name is followed by a star `*', the star must be replaced
     by a unit number.	If units are expected for a device but not provided,
     MAKEDEV will supply the standard numbers in most cases.

     The vax supports the following devices:

     Special device names
     all	 Creates special files for all devices on vax.
     ramdisk	 Ramdisk kernel devices.
     std	 Creates the `standard' devices (console, klog, kmem, ksyms,
		 mem, null, stderr, stdin, stdout, tty, zero) which are
		 absolutely necessary for the system to function properly.
     local	 Creates configuration-specific devices, by invoking the shell
		 file MAKEDEV.local.

     Disks
     ccd*	 Concatenated disk devices, see ccd(4).
     cd*	 ATAPI and SCSI CD-ROM drives, see cd(4).
     fd*	 Floppy disk drives (3 1/2", 5 1/4"), see fd(4).
     hd*	 HDC9224 disks, see hd(4).
     hk*	 UNIBUS RK06 and RK07 disks, see hk(4).
     hp*	 MASSBUS disks, see hp(4).
     ra*	 MSCP disks, see ra(4).
     raid*	 RAIDframe disk devices, see raid(4).
     rb*	 730 IDC w/ RB80 and/or RB02, see rb(4).
     rd*	 ``rd'' pseudo-disks, see rd(4).
     rl*	 UNIBUS RL02, see rl(4).
     rx*	 RX02 floppy disks, see rx(4).
     sd*	 SCSI disks, including flopticals, see sd(4).
     up*	 Other UNIBUS devices, see up(4).
     vnd*	 ``file'' pseudo-disk devices, see vnd(4).

     Tapes
     ch*	 SCSI media changers, see ch(4).
     ht*	 MASSBUS TM03 and TU?? devices, see ht(4).
     mt*	 (Magnetic) 9-track reel tape drives, see mt(4).
     st*	 SCSI tape drives, see st(4).
     tm*	 UNIBUS TM11 and TE10 emulations (e.g. Emulex TC-11), see
		 tm(4).
     ts*	 UNIBUS TS11, see ts(4).
     ut*	 UNIBUS TU45 emulations (e.g. 9700), see ut(4).

     Terminal ports
     dhu*	 UNIBUS DHU11, see dhu(4).
     dl*	 UNIBUS DL11, see dl(4).
     dz*	 UNIBUS DZ11 and DZ32, see dz(4).
     qsc*	 VXT2000 serial ports, see qsc(4).

     Pseudo terminals
     ptm	 pty master device, see ptm(4).
     pty*	 Set of 62 master pseudo terminals, see pty(4).
     tty*	 Set of 62 slave pseudo terminals, see tty(4).

     Console ports
     ttyC-J*	 wscons display devices, see wsdisplay(4).
     wscons	 Minimal wscons devices, see wscons(4).
     wskbd*	 wscons keyboards, see wskbd(4).

     Pointing devices
     wsmouse*	 wscons mice, see wsmouse(4).

     Special purpose devices
     bio	 ioctl tunnel pseudo-device, see bio(4).
     bpf*	 Berkeley Packet Filter, see bpf(4).
     diskmap	 Disk mapper, see diskmap(4).
     fd		 fd/* nodes, see fd(4).
     lkm	 Loadable kernel modules interface, see lkm(4).
     nnpfs*	 NNPFS filesystem node, see mount_nnpfs(8).
     pf*	 Packet Filter, see pf(4).
     pppx*	 PPP Multiplexer, see pppx(4).
     *random	 In-kernel random data source, see random(4).
     systrace*	 System call tracing device, see systrace(4).
     tun*	 Network tunnel driver, see tun(4).
     uk*	 Unknown SCSI devices, see uk(4).
     vscsi*	 Virtual SCSI controller, see vscsi(8).

FILES
     /dev  The special file directory.

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

OpenBSD 4.9		       October 11, 2010			   OpenBSD 4.9
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