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@(#)MAKEDEV.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 06/05/93

C 7 MAKEDEV - create system and device special files MAKEDEV name ... The shell script MAKEDEV , found in the ``/dev'' directory, is used to create the common special files. See special (8) for a more complete discussion of special files.

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)

.ns

10 local configuration specific devices

.ns

10 com# standard PC COM ports

.ns

10 fd# ``floppy'' disk drives (3 1/2, 5 1/4)

.ns

10 flog# kernel logging device

.ns

10 pty# set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals

.ns

10 wd# ``winchester'' disk drives (ST506, IDE, ESDI, RLL etc.)

.ns

10 wt# QIC-interfaced (e.g. not SCSI) 3M cartridge tape

/dev The special file directory. mknod (1), intro (4), config (8), special (8)