1 2 3 4MAKEDEV(8) 1991 MAKEDEV(8) 5 6 7NNAAMMEE 8 MAKEDEV - create system and device special files 9 10SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS 11 MAKEDEV name ... 12 13DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN 14 The shell script _M_A_K_E_D_E_V, found in the ``/dev'' directory, 15 is used to create the common special files. See _s_p_e- 16 _c_i_a_l(8) for a more complete discussion of special files. 17 18 _M_A_K_E_D_E_V takes any number of device names as arguments, 19 where the names are the common abbreviation for the 20 device. There are two special devices, ``std'' and 21 ``local''. The former creates the standard devices for 22 the architecture. The latter is for devices specific to 23 the local site, and executes the shell file 24 ``MAKEDEV.local''. 25 26 The i386 supports the following devices. Where a device 27 name is followed by a hash sign (``#''), the hash sign 28 must be replaced by a unit number. 29 30 std the standard devices (console, drum, fd/*, klog, 31 kmem, mem, null, stderr, stdin, stdout, tty) 32 local configuration specific devices 33 com# standard PC COM ports 34 fd# ``floppy'' disk drives (3 1/2, 5 1/4) 35 flog# kernel logging device 36 pty# set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals 37 wd# ``winchester'' disk drives (ST506, IDE, ESDI, 38 RLL etc.) 39 wt# QIC-interfaced (e.g. not SCSI) 3M cartridge tape 40 41FFIILLEESS 42 /dev The special file directory. 43 44SSEEEE AALLSSOO 45 _m_k_n_o_d(1), _i_n_t_r_o(4), _c_o_n_f_i_g(8), _s_p_e_c_i_a_l(8) 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 6422, March 1 65 66 67