MAKEDEV(8)

NAME
MAKEDEV, 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 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 arm32 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, stderr, stdin, stdout, tty)

local
    configuration specific devices

tty0#
    standard serial ports

fd# ``floppy'' disk drives (3 1/2, 5 1/4)

pty#
    set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals

wd# ``winchester'' disk drives (IDE)

sd# SCSI disk drives

cd# SCSI CD-ROM drives

st# SCSI tape drives

ch# SCSI autochanger

uk# SCSI unknown device

random
    Random number generator

FILES
/dev    The special file directory.

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