MAKEDEV(8)

NAME
MAKEDEV, makedev - create system and device special files

SYNOPSIS
MAKEDEV device_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 HP300 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.
ct# HP300 HP-IB cartridge tape.
ccd#
    ``concatenated'' pseudo-disks.
rd# HP300 HP-IB disks
sd# HP300 SCSI disks.
vnd#
    ``file'' pseudo-disks.
dca#
    HP200/300 single port serial interface.
dcm#
    HP200/300 4 port serial mux interface.
pty#
    set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals.
flog#
    kernel logging device.
grf#
    raw interface to HP300 graphics devices.
ite#
    terminal emulator interface to HP300 graphics devices.
hil HP300 HIL input devices.
random
    Random number generator

FILES
/dev
    The special file directory.

SEE ALSO
mknod(1), intro(4), config(8).