NAME
MAKEDEV —
create system and device special
files
SYNOPSIS
MAKEDEV |
[name ...] |
DESCRIPTION
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 i386 supports the following devices:
Special device names
- all
- Creates special files for all devices on i386.
- 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).
- fd*
- Floppy disk drives (3 1/2", 5 1/4"), see fd(4).
- rd*
- “rd” pseudo-disks, see rd(4).
- sd*
- SCSI disks, including flopticals, see sd(4).
- vnd*
- “file” pseudo-disk devices, see vnd(4).
- wd*
- “winchester” disk drives (ST506, IDE, ESDI, RLL, ...), see wd(4).
- ch*
- SCSI media changers, see ch(4).
- st*
- SCSI tape drives, see st(4).
- tty[0-7][0-9a-f]
- NS16x50 serial ports, see com(4).
- ttyc*
- Cyclades serial ports, see cy(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).
- wsmux
- wscons keyboard/mouse mux devices, see wsmux(4).
- wsmouse*
- wscons mice, see wsmouse(4).
- lpa*
- Polled printer port, see lpt(4).
- lpt*
- IEEE 1284 centronics printer, see lpt(4).
- ttyU*
- USB serial ports, see ucom(4).
- uall
- All USB devices, see usb(4).
- ugen*
- Generic USB devices, see ugen(4).
- uhid*
- Generic HID devices, see uhid(4).
- ulpt*
- Printer devices, see ulpt(4).
- usb*
- Bus control devices used by usbd for attach/detach, see usb(4).
Special purpose devices
- amdmsr
- AMD MSR access device, see amdmsr(4).
- apm
- Power management device, see apm(4).
- audio*
- Audio devices, see audio(4).
- bio
- ioctl tunnel pseudo-device, see bio(4).
- bktr*
- Video frame grabbers, see bktr(4).
- bpf
- Berkeley Packet Filter, see bpf(4).
- diskmap
- Disk mapper, see diskmap(4).
- drm*
- Direct Rendering Manager, see drm(4).
- fd
- fd/* nodes, see fd(4).
- fuse
- Userland Filesystem, see fuse(4).
- gpio*
- General Purpose Input/Output, see gpio(4).
- gpr*
- GPR400 smartcard reader, see gpr(4).
- hotplug
- devices hot plugging, see hotplug(4).
- ipmi*
- IPMI BMC access, see ipmi(4).
- joy*
- Joystick driver, see joy(4).
- nvram
- NVRAM access, see nvram(4).
- pci*
- PCI bus devices, see pci(4).
- pctr*
- PC Performance Tuning Register access device, see pctr(4).
- pf*
- Packet Filter, see pf(4).
- pppx*
- PPP Multiplexer, see pppx(4).
- radio*
- FM tuner devices, see radio(4).
- *random
- In-kernel random data source, see random(4).
- rmidi*
- Raw MIDI devices, see midi(4).
- speaker
- PC speaker, see spkr(4).
- tun*
- Network tunnel driver, see tun(4).
- tap*
- Ethernet tunnel driver, see tap(4).
- tuner*
- Tuner devices, see bktr(4).
- uk*
- Unknown SCSI devices, see uk(4).
- video*
- Video V4L2 devices, see video(4).
- vmm
- Virtual Machine Monitor, see vmm(4).
- vscsi*
- Virtual SCSI controller, see vscsi(4).
- pvbus*
- paravirtual device tree root, see pvbus(4).
FILES
- /dev
- The special file directory.