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 x68k 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, io, klog, kmem, mem, null, stderr, stdin, stdout, tty, zero).
local
    configuration specific devices.
audio
    generic audio interface (not yet implemented).
bell#
    keyboard bell emulator.
bpf#
    Berkeley packet filters.
ccd#
    ``concatenated'' pseudo-disks.
cd# SCSI CD-ROM drives.
ch# SCSI changer devices.
com#
    PSX16550 serial board.
fd  file descriptors.
fd# ``floppy'' disk drives (90mm, 130mm).
kbd the keyboard.
klog
    kernel logging device.
lkm loadable kernel module interface.
random
    Random number generator
md# ``memorydisk'' pseudo-disks.
mouse#
    serial mice.
par#
    motherboard parallel port.
pow#
    power switch device.
pty#
    set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals.
sd# SCSI disk drives.
sram
    non-volatile static memory.
ss# SCSI scanner devices.
st# SCSI tape drives.
tty#
    standard serial ports.
ttye#
    ite bitmapped console.
tun#
    network tunnel driver.
uk# unknown SCSI devices.
vnd#
    ``file'' pseudo-disks.

FILES
/dev
    The special file directory.

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