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@(#)MAKEDEV.8 5.2 (Berkeley) 03/22/91
MAKEDEV takes any number of device names as arguments, where the names are the common abbreviation for the device. There are two special devices, ``std'' and ``local''. The former creates the standard devices for the architecture. The latter is for devices specific to the local site, and executes the shell file ``MAKEDEV.local''.
The i386 supports the following devices. Where a device name is followed by a hash sign (``#''), the hash sign must be replaced by a unit number.
10 std the standard devices (console, drum, fd/*, klog, kmem, mem, null, stderr, stdin, stdout, tty)
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10 local configuration specific devices
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10 com# standard PC COM ports
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10 fd# ``floppy'' disk drives (3 1/2, 5 1/4)
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10 flog# kernel logging device
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10 pty# set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals
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10 wd# ``winchester'' disk drives (ST506, IDE, ESDI, RLL etc.)
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10 wt# QIC-interfaced (e.g. not SCSI) 3M cartridge tape