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MAKEDEV(8) System Manager's Manual (vax) 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 vax supports the following devices:

Special device names

all
Creates special files for all devices on vax.
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).
hd*
HDC9224 disks, see hd(4).
ra*
MSCP disks, see ra(4).
rd*
“rd” pseudo-disks, see rd(4).
rx*
RX02 floppy disks, see rx(4).
sd*
SCSI disks, including flopticals, see sd(4).
vnd*
“file” pseudo-disk devices, see vnd(4).

ch*
SCSI media changers, see ch(4).
mt*
(Magnetic) 9-track reel tape drives, see mt(4).
st*
SCSI tape drives, see st(4).

dhu*
UNIBUS DHU11, see dhu(4).
dl*
UNIBUS DL11, see dl(4).
dz*
UNIBUS DZ11 and DZ32, see dz(4).
qsc*
VXT2000 serial ports, see qsc(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).

ttyC-J*
wscons display devices, see wsdisplay(4).
wscons
Minimal wscons devices, see wscons(4).
wskbd*
wscons keyboards, see wskbd(4).

wsmouse*
wscons mice, see wsmouse(4).

Special purpose devices

audio*
Audio devices, see audio(4).
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).
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)

August 23, 2012 OpenBSD-5.3