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 VAX 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, crl, csa1, csa2, drum, fd/*, floppy, kUmem, klog, kmem, mem, null, stderr, stdin, stdout, tty, tu0, tu1)

local
    configuration specific devices

ad# unibus interface to data translation a/d converter

ct# unibus parallel interface to CAT typesetter

dh# unibus dh11 and emulations (e.g. Able dmax, Emulex cs-11)

dhu#
    unibus dhu11

dmf#
    unibus dmf32

dmz#
    unibus dmz32

dn# unibus dn11 and emulations (e.g. Able Quadracall)

dz# unibus dz11 and dz32

hk# unibus rk06 and rk07

hp# massbus rm??

ht# massbus tm03 & tu??

ik# unibus interface to ikonas frame buffer

kra#
    bi kdb50 w/ ra??

lp# unibus lp11 parallel interface

mt# massbus tu78

np# unibus ethernet co-processor interface, for downloading.

ps# unibus interface to e&s picture system 2

pty#
    set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals

qv# qvss (microvax) display

random
    random number generator

ra# unibus uda50 w/ ra??

rb# 730 idc w/ rb80 and/or rb02

rl# unibus rl02

rx# unibus rx211 floppy disk

tm# unibus tm11 & te10 emulations (e.g. Emulex tc-11)

tms#
    unibus/qbus TMSCP (e.g. TU81, TK50)

ts# unibus ts11

ttyv0
    qvss (microvax) display reserved pty

up# other unibus devices (e.g. on Emulex sc-21v controller)

ut# unibus tu45 emulations (e.g.si 9700)

uu# tu58 cassettes on dl11 controller

va# unibus varian parallel interface

vp# unibus versatec parallel interface

FILES
/dev    The special file directory.

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