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 three special device names, all, std and local. If given, all creates device files for all devices on the Sparc. If units are expected for a device MAKEDEV supplies the standard numbers. The std argument creates the standard devices for the Sparc. Finally local is for devices specific to the local site, and executes the shell file MAKEDEV.local.

The Sparc 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 Sparc.
std The standard devices (console, drum, fd/*, klog, kmem, mem, null, stderr, stdin, stdout, tty, zero)
local
    Configuration specific devices

Device-names
bpf#
    Berkeley packet filters
bwtwo#
    Black and white frame buffers
cd# SCSI CD-ROM drives
cgthree#
    Colour frame buffers
cgsix#
    Accelerated Colour frame buffers
kbd The keyboard
lkm Loadable kernel modules.
random
    Random number generator
mouse#
    Mouse ports
pty#
    Set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals
sd# SCSI disk drives
st# SCSI tape drives
tty#
    Onboard Serial ports
vnd#
    "File" pseudo-disks

FILES
/dev
    The special file directory.

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