MAKEDEV —
create system and device special files
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. Files are created in the current working directory.
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 amd64 supports the following devices:
Special device names
- all
- Creates special files for all devices on amd64.
- 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.
Disks
- 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).
Tapes
- ch*
- SCSI media changers, see
ch(4).
- st*
- SCSI tape drives, see
st(4).
Terminal ports
- tty[0-7][0-9a-f]
- NS16x50 serial ports, see
com(4).
- ttyc*
- Cyclades serial ports, see
cy(4).
- ttyVI*
- Virtio serial ports, see
viocon(4).
Pseudo terminals
- 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).
Console ports
- 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).
Pointing devices
- wsmouse*
- wscons mice, see
wsmouse(4).
Printers
- lpa*
- Polled printer port, see
lpt(4).
- lpt*
- IEEE 1284 centronics printer, see
lpt(4).
USB devices
- 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
- apm
- Power Management Interface, 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).
- 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).
- switch*
- Switch driver, see
switch(4).
- /dev
- The special file directory.
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