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26.Dd $Mdocdate: April 28 2016 $
27.Dt MAKEDEV 8 hppa
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm MAKEDEV
31.Nd create system and device special files
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33.Nm MAKEDEV
34.Op Ar name ...
35.Sh DESCRIPTION
36The shell script
37.Nm ,
38found in the
39.Pa /dev
40directory, is used to create various special files.
41See
42.Xr intro 4
43for a more complete discussion of special files.
44.Pp
45.Nm
46takes any number of device names as arguments, where the names are
47the common abbreviation for the device or group of devices.
48.Pp
49Where a device name is followed by a star
50.Sq * ,
51the star must be replaced by a unit number.
52If units are expected for a device but not provided,
53.Nm
54will supply the standard numbers in most cases.
55.Pp
56The hppa supports the following devices:
57.Pp
58.Sy Special device names
59.Bl -tag -width tenletters -compact
60.It Ar all
61Creates special files for all devices on hppa.
62.It Ar ramdisk
63Ramdisk kernel devices.
64.It Ar std
65Creates the
66.Sq standard
67devices (console, klog, kmem, ksyms, mem, null,
68stderr, stdin, stdout, tty, zero)
69which are absolutely necessary for the system to function properly.
70.It Ar local
71Creates configuration-specific devices, by invoking the shell file
72.Pa MAKEDEV.local .
73.El
74.Pp
75.Sy Disks
76.Bl -tag -width tenletters -compact
77.It Ar cd*
78ATAPI and SCSI CD-ROM drives, see
79.Xr cd 4 .
80.It Ar fd*
81Floppy disk drives (3 1/2", 5 1/4"), see
82.Xr fd 4 .
83.It Ar sd*
84SCSI disks, including flopticals, see
85.Xr sd 4 .
86.It Ar rd*
87.Dq rd
88pseudo-disks, see
89.Xr rd 4 .
90.It Ar vnd*
91.Dq file
92pseudo-disk devices, see
93.Xr vnd 4 .
94.It Ar wd*
95.Dq winchester
96disk drives (ST506, IDE, ESDI, RLL, ...), see
97.Xr wd 4 .
98.El
99.Pp
100.Sy Tapes
101.Bl -tag -width tenletters -compact
102.It Ar ch*
103SCSI media changers, see
104.Xr ch 4 .
105.It Ar st*
106SCSI tape drives, see
107.Xr st 4 .
108.El
109.Pp
110.Sy Terminal ports
111.Bl -tag -width tenletters -compact
112.It Ar tty[0-7][0-9a-f]
113NS16x50 serial ports, see
114.Xr com 4 .
115.El
116.Pp
117.Sy Pseudo terminals
118.Bl -tag -width tenletters -compact
119.It Ar ptm
120pty master device, see
121.Xr ptm 4 .
122.It Ar pty*
123Set of 62 master pseudo terminals, see
124.Xr pty 4 .
125.It Ar tty*
126Set of 62 slave pseudo terminals, see
127.Xr tty 4 .
128.El
129.Pp
130.Sy Console ports
131.Bl -tag -width tenletters -compact
132.It Ar ttyC-J*
133wscons display devices, see
134.Xr wsdisplay 4 .
135.It Ar wscons
136Minimal wscons devices, see
137.Xr wscons 4 .
138.It Ar wskbd*
139wscons keyboards, see
140.Xr wskbd 4 .
141.It Ar wsmux
142wscons keyboard/mouse mux devices, see
143.Xr wsmux 4 .
144.El
145.Pp
146.Sy Pointing devices
147.Bl -tag -width tenletters -compact
148.It Ar wsmouse*
149wscons mice, see
150.Xr wsmouse 4 .
151.El
152.Pp
153.Sy Printers
154.Bl -tag -width tenletters -compact
155.It Ar lpt*
156IEEE 1284 centronics printer, see
157.Xr lpt 4 .
158.El
159.Pp
160.Sy USB devices
161.Bl -tag -width tenletters -compact
162.It Ar uall
163All USB devices, see
164.Xr usb 4 .
165.It Ar usb*
166Bus control devices used by usbd for attach/detach, see
167.Xr usb 4 .
168.It Ar uhid*
169Generic HID devices, see
170.Xr uhid 4 .
171.It Ar ugen*
172Generic USB devices, see
173.Xr ugen 4 .
174.It Ar ulpt*
175Printer devices, see
176.Xr ulpt 4 .
177.It Ar ttyU*
178USB serial ports, see
179.Xr ucom 4 .
180.El
181.Pp
182.Sy Special purpose devices
183.Bl -tag -width tenletters -compact
184.It Ar audio*
185Audio devices, see
186.Xr audio 4 .
187.It Ar bio
188ioctl tunnel pseudo-device, see
189.Xr bio 4 .
190.It Ar bpf
191Berkeley Packet Filter, see
192.Xr bpf 4 .
193.It Ar diskmap
194Disk mapper, see
195.Xr diskmap 4 .
196.It Ar fd
197fd/* nodes, see
198.Xr fd 4 .
199.It Ar fuse
200Userland Filesystem, see
201.Xr fuse 4 .
202.It Ar hotplug
203devices hot plugging, see
204.Xr hotplug 4 .
205.It Ar pci*
206PCI bus devices, see
207.Xr pci 4 .
208.It Ar pdc
209PDC device, see
210.Xr pdc 4 .
211.It Ar pf*
212Packet Filter, see
213.Xr pf 4 .
214.It Ar pppx*
215PPP Multiplexer, see
216.Xr pppx 4 .
217.It Ar *random
218In-kernel random data source, see
219.Xr random 4 .
220.It Ar tun*
221Network tunnel driver, see
222.Xr tun 4 .
223.It Ar tap*
224Ethernet tunnel driver, see
225.Xr tap 4 .
226.It Ar uk*
227Unknown SCSI devices, see
228.Xr uk 4 .
229.It Ar video*
230Video V4L2 devices, see
231.Xr video 4 .
232.It Ar vscsi*
233Virtual SCSI controller, see
234.Xr vscsi 4 .
235.El
236.Sh FILES
237.Bl -tag -width /dev -compact
238.It Pa /dev
239The special file directory.
240.El
241.Sh SEE ALSO
242.Xr intro 4 ,
243.Xr config 8 ,
244.Xr mknod 8
245