1define(COMM,`.\"')dnl 2include(MAKEDEV.mansub)dnl 3dnl 4vers(a, {-$OpenBSD: MAKEDEV.man,v 1.8 2016/03/12 17:59:27 espie Exp $-})dnl 5dnl 6define(quote,{-.Dq $1 7-})dnl 8include(MAKEDEV.common)dnl 9dnl 10__devtitle(make,{-Special device names-})dnl 11__devitem({-all-},{-all-},dnl 12{-Creates special files for all devices on MACHINE-},nothing)dnl 13__devitem(std,{-std-},dnl 14{-Creates the 15.Sq standard 16devices (console, klog, kmem, ksyms, mem, null, 17stderr, stdin, stdout, tty, zero) 18which are absolutely necessary for the system to function properly-},nothing)dnl 19__devitem(local,local,dnl 20{-Creates configuration-specific devices{-,-} by invoking the shell file 21.Pa MAKEDEV.local -},nothing)dnl 22define({-_std-},)dnl 23divert(1)dnl 24dnl send md shell fragments to the bit bucket... 25define(__mddivert,11)dnl 26include(MAKEDEV.md)dnl 27dnl 28.El 29divert(0)dnl 30.\" ${--}OpenBSD{--}$ 31.\" 32.\" THIS FILE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED. DO NOT EDIT. 33.\" generated from: 34.\" 35show_vers()dnl <-- now that all files are included, show versions 36.\" 37.\" Copyright (c) 2004, Miodrag Vallat 38.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2004 Todd T. Fries <todd@OpenBSD.org> 39.\" 40.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any 41.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above 42.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. 43.\" 44.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES 45.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 46.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR 47.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES 48.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN 49.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF 50.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. 51.\" 52.Dd $Mdocdate: March 12 2016 $ 53.Dt MAKEDEV 8 MACHINE 54.Os 55.Sh NAME 56.Nm MAKEDEV 57.Nd create system and device special files 58.Sh SYNOPSIS 59.Nm MAKEDEV 60.Op Ar name ... 61.Sh DESCRIPTION 62The shell script 63.Nm , 64found in the 65.Pa /dev 66directory, is used to create various special files. 67See 68.Xr intro 4 69for a more complete discussion of special files. 70.Pp 71.Nm 72takes any number of device names as arguments, where the names are 73the common abbreviation for the device or group of devices. 74.Pp 75Where a device name is followed by a star 76.Sq * , 77the star must be replaced by a unit number. 78If units are expected for a device but not provided, 79.Nm 80will supply the standard numbers in most cases. 81.Pp 82The MACHINE supports the following devices: 83divert(9)dnl 84.El 85.Sh FILES 86.Bl -tag -width /dev -compact 87.It Pa /dev 88The special file directory. 89.El 90.Sh SEE ALSO 91.Xr intro 4 , 92.Xr config 8 , 93.Xr mknod 8 94