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26.Dd $Mdocdate: November 11 2021 $
27.Dt MAKEDEV 8 landisk
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.
48Files are created in the current working directory.
49.Pp
50Where a device name is followed by a star
51.Sq * ,
52the star must be replaced by a unit number.
53If units are expected for a device but not provided,
54.Nm
55will supply the standard numbers in most cases.
56.Pp
57The landisk supports the following devices:
58.Pp
59.Sy Special device names
60.Bl -tag -width tenletters -compact
61.It Ar all
62Creates special files for all devices on landisk.
63.It Ar ramdisk
64Ramdisk kernel devices.
65.It Ar std
66Creates the
67.Sq standard
68devices (console, klog, kmem, ksyms, mem, null,
69stderr, stdin, stdout, tty, zero)
70which are absolutely necessary for the system to function properly.
71.It Ar local
72Creates configuration-specific devices, by invoking the shell file
73.Pa MAKEDEV.local .
74.El
75.Pp
76.Sy Disks
77.Bl -tag -width tenletters -compact
78.It Ar cd*
79ATAPI and SCSI CD-ROM drives, see
80.Xr cd 4 .
81.It Ar ch*
82SCSI media changers, see
83.Xr ch 4 .
84.It Ar rd*
85.Dq rd
86pseudo-disks, see
87.Xr rd 4 .
88.It Ar sd*
89SCSI disks, including flopticals, see
90.Xr sd 4 .
91.It Ar vnd*
92.Dq file
93pseudo-disk devices, see
94.Xr vnd 4 .
95.It Ar wd*
96.Dq winchester
97disk drives (ST506, IDE, ESDI, RLL, ...), see
98.Xr wd 4 .
99.El
100.Pp
101.Sy Tapes
102.Bl -tag -width tenletters -compact
103.It Ar st*
104SCSI tape drives, see
105.Xr st 4 .
106.El
107.Pp
108.Sy Terminal ports
109.Bl -tag -width tenletters -compact
110.It Ar ttya
111on-board serial port, see
112.Xr scif 4 .
113.El
114.Pp
115.Sy Pseudo terminals
116.Bl -tag -width tenletters -compact
117.It Ar ptm
118pty master device, see
119.Xr ptm 4 .
120.It Ar pty*
121Set of 62 master pseudo terminals, see
122.Xr pty 4 .
123.It Ar tty*
124Set of 62 slave pseudo terminals, see
125.Xr tty 4 .
126.El
127.Pp
128.Sy Console ports
129.Bl -tag -width tenletters -compact
130.It Ar ttyC-J*
131wscons display devices, see
132.Xr wsdisplay 4 .
133.It Ar wscons
134Minimal wscons devices, see
135.Xr wscons 4 .
136.It Ar wskbd*
137wscons keyboards, see
138.Xr wskbd 4 .
139.It Ar wsmouse*
140wscons mice, see
141.Xr wsmouse 4 .
142.It Ar wsmux
143wscons keyboard/mouse mux devices, see
144.Xr wsmux 4 .
145.El
146.Pp
147.Sy USB devices
148.Bl -tag -width tenletters -compact
149.It Ar ttyU*
150USB serial ports, see
151.Xr ucom 4 .
152.It Ar uall
153All USB devices, see
154.Xr usb 4 .
155.It Ar ugen*
156Generic USB devices, see
157.Xr ugen 4 .
158.It Ar uhid*
159Generic HID devices, see
160.Xr uhid 4 .
161.It Ar fido
162fido/* nodes, see
163.Xr fido 4 .
164.It Ar ujoy
165ujoy/* nodes, see
166.Xr ujoy 4 .
167.It Ar ulpt*
168Printer devices, see
169.Xr ulpt 4 .
170.It Ar usb*
171Bus control devices used by usbd for attach/detach, see
172.Xr usb 4 .
173.El
174.Pp
175.Sy Special purpose devices
176.Bl -tag -width tenletters -compact
177.It Ar audio*
178Audio devices, see
179.Xr audio 4 .
180.It Ar bio
181ioctl tunnel pseudo-device, see
182.Xr bio 4 .
183.It Ar bpf
184Berkeley Packet Filter, see
185.Xr bpf 4 .
186.It Ar dt
187Dynamic Tracer, see
188.Xr dt 4 .
189.It Ar diskmap
190Disk mapper, see
191.Xr diskmap 4 .
192.It Ar fd
193fd/* nodes, see
194.Xr fd 4 .
195.It Ar fuse
196Userland Filesystem, see
197.Xr fuse 4 .
198.It Ar hotplug
199devices hot plugging, see
200.Xr hotplug 4 .
201.It Ar pci*
202PCI bus devices, see
203.Xr pci 4 .
204.It Ar pf*
205Packet Filter, see
206.Xr pf 4 .
207.It Ar pppx*
208PPP Multiplexer, see
209.Xr pppx 4 .
210.It Ar pppac*
211PPP Access Concentrator, see
212.Xr pppac 4 .
213.It Ar radio*
214FM tuner devices, see
215.Xr radio 4 .
216.It Ar *random
217In-kernel random data source, see
218.Xr random 4 .
219.It Ar rmidi*
220Raw MIDI devices, see
221.Xr midi 4 .
222.It Ar tun*
223Network tunnel driver, see
224.Xr tun 4 .
225.It Ar tap*
226Ethernet tunnel driver, see
227.Xr tap 4 .
228.It Ar uk*
229Unknown SCSI devices, see
230.Xr uk 4 .
231.It Ar video*
232Video V4L2 devices, see
233.Xr video 4 .
234.It Ar vscsi*
235Virtual SCSI controller, see
236.Xr vscsi 4 .
237.It Ar kstat
238Kernel Statistics, see
239.Xr kstat 4 .
240.El
241.Sh FILES
242.Bl -tag -width /dev -compact
243.It Pa /dev
244The special file directory.
245.El
246.Sh SEE ALSO
247.Xr intro 4 ,
248.Xr config 8 ,
249.Xr mknod 8
250