MAKEDEV(8/alpha) | create system and device special files |
MAKEDEV(8/amd64) | create system and device special files |
MAKEDEV(8/armish) | create system and device special files |
MAKEDEV(8/armv7) | create system and device special files |
MAKEDEV(8/hppa) | create system and device special files |
MAKEDEV(8/i386) | create system and device special files |
MAKEDEV(8/landisk) | create system and device special files |
MAKEDEV(8/loongson) | create system and device special files |
MAKEDEV(8/luna88k) | create system and device special files |
MAKEDEV(8/macppc) | create system and device special files |
MAKEDEV(8/octeon) | create system and device special files |
MAKEDEV(8/sgi) | create system and device special files |
MAKEDEV(8/socppc) | create system and device special files |
MAKEDEV(8/sparc) | create system and device special files |
MAKEDEV(8/sparc64) | create system and device special files |
MAKEDEV(8/zaurus) | create system and device special files |
MAKEDEV(8) | System Manager's Manual (alpha) | MAKEDEV(8) |
MAKEDEV
— create
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 alpha supports the following devices:
Special device names
Special purpose devices
April 28, 2016 | OpenBSD-6.0 |