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MAKEDEV(8) System Manager's Manual (aviion) MAKEDEV(8)

MAKEDEVcreate system and device special files

MAKEDEV name ...

The shell script MAKEDEV, found in the /dev directory, is used to create various special files. See intro(4) for a more complete discussion of special files.

MAKEDEV takes any number of device names as arguments, where the names are the common abbreviation for the device or group of devices.

Where a device name is followed by a star ‘*’, the star must be replaced by a unit number. If units are expected for a device but not provided, MAKEDEV will supply the standard numbers in most cases.

The aviion supports the following devices:

Special device names

all
Creates special files for all devices on aviion.
ramdisk
Ramdisk kernel devices.
std
Creates the ‘standard’ devices (console, klog, kmem, ksyms, mem, null, stderr, stdin, stdout, tty, zero) which are absolutely necessary for the system to function properly.
local
Creates configuration-specific devices, by invoking the shell file MAKEDEV.local.

cd*
ATAPI and SCSI CD-ROM drives, see cd(4).
rd*
“rd” pseudo-disks, see rd(4).
sd*
SCSI disks, including flopticals, see sd(4).
vnd*
“file” pseudo-disk devices, see vnd(4).

ch*
SCSI media changers, see ch(4).
st*
SCSI tape drives, see st(4).

ttya-c
on-board serial and mouse ports, see dart(4).

ptm
pty master device, see ptm(4).
pty*
Set of 62 master pseudo terminals, see pty(4).
tty*
Set of 62 slave pseudo terminals, see tty(4).

Special purpose devices

bio
ioctl tunnel pseudo-device, see bio(4).
bpf*
Berkeley Packet Filter, see bpf(4).
diskmap
Disk mapper, see diskmap(4).
fd
fd/* nodes, see fd(4).
lkm
Loadable kernel modules interface, see lkm(4).
nnpfs*
NNPFS filesystem node, see mount_nnpfs(8).
nvram0
On-board non-volatile memory, see nvram(4).
pf*
Packet Filter, see pf(4).
pppx*
PPP Multiplexer, see pppx(4).
*random
In-kernel random data source, see random(4).
systrace*
System call tracing device, see systrace(4).
tun*
Network tunnel driver, see tun(4).
uk*
Unknown SCSI devices, see uk(4).
vscsi*
Virtual SCSI controller, see vscsi(8).

/dev
The special file directory.

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

October 6, 2011 OpenBSD-5.1