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.

MAKEDEV takes any number of device names as arguments, where the names are the common abbreviation for the device. There are three special device names, all, std and local. If given, all creates device files for all devices on the PC532. If units are expected for a device MAKEDEV supplies the standard numbers. The std argument creates the standard devices for the PC532. Finally local is for devices specific to the local site, and executes the shell file MAKEDEV.local.

The PC532 supports the following devices. Where a device name is followed by a hash sign ("#"), the hash sign must be replaced by a unit number.

Pseudo-names
all All known devices for the PC532.
floppy
    Devices that need to be on an install floppy.
std The standard devices (console, drum, klog, kmem, mem, null, stderr, stdin, stdout, tty, zero)
fd  The fd/* entries for file descriptors.
local
    Configuration specific devices

Device-names
bpf#
    Berkeley packet filters
ccd#
    Concatenated disk driver
cd# SCSI CD-ROM drives
lpt#
    Line printer parallel ports
lkm Loadable kernel modules
random
    Random number generator
pty#
    Set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals
sd# SCSI disk drives
st# SCSI tape drives
tty#
    Onboard serial ports
tun#
    Network tunnel driver
vnd#
    "File" pseudo-disks

FILES
/dev
    The special file directory.

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