MAKEDEV(8)

NAME
MAKEDEV - create system and device special files

SYNOPSIS
MAKEDEV name ...

DESCRIPTION
The shell script MAKEDEV, found in the /dev directory, is used to create various special files. See intro(4) 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 or group of devices.

Where a device name is followed by a star ‘*’, the star must be replaced by a unit number. If units are expected for a device but not provided, MAKEDEV will supply the standard numbers in most cases.

The sparc supports the following devices:

Special device names
all Creates special files for all devices on sparc.
ramdisk
    Ramdisk kernel devices.
std Creates the ‘standard’ devices (console, klog, kmem, ksyms, mem, null, stderr, stdin, stdout, tty, zero) which are absolutely necessary for the system to function properly.
local
    Creates configuration-specific devices, by invoking the shell file MAKEDEV.local.

Disks
cd* ATAPI and SCSI CD-ROM drives, see cd(4).
fd* Floppy disk drives (3 1/2", 5 1/4"), see fd(4).
presto*
    Prestoserve NVRAM memory, see presto(4).
sd* SCSI disks, including flopticals, see sd(4).
rd* “rd” pseudo-disks, see rd(4).
vnd*
    “file” pseudo-disk devices, see vnd(4).
xd* Xylogic 753/7053 disks, see xd(4).
xy* Xylogic 450/451 disks, see xy(4).

Tapes
ch* SCSI media changers, see ch(4).
st* SCSI tape drives, see st(4).

Terminal ports
cua[a-z]*
    Zilog 8530 serial ports, see zs(4).
magma*
    Magma multiport cards, see magma(4).
spif*
    “spif” multiport cards, see spif(4).
tty[0-7][0-9a-f]
    NS16x50 serial ports, see com(4).
tty[a-z]*
    Zilog 8530 serial ports, see zs(4).

Pseudo terminals
ptm pty master device, see ptm(4).
pty*
    Set of 62 master pseudo terminals, see pty(4).
tty*
    Set of 62 slave pseudo terminals, see tty(4).

Printers
bpp*
    Parallel port, see bpp(4).
bpp[jkl]
    “spif” parallel port, see spif(4).
bppmag[mno]
    Magma parallel port, see magma(4).

Console ports
ttyC-J*
    wscons display devices, see wsdisplay(4).
wscons
    Minimal wscons devices, see wscons(4).
wskbd*
    wscons keyboards, see wskbd(4).
wsmux
    wscons keyboard/mouse mux devices, see wsmux(4).

Pointing devices
wsmouse*
    wscons mice, see wsmouse(4).

Special purpose devices
apm Power management device, see tctrl(4).
audio*
    Audio devices, see audio(4).
bio ioctl tunnel pseudo-device, see bio(4).
bpf*
    Berkeley Packet Filter, see bpf(4).
diskmap
    Disk mapper, see diskmap(4).
fd  fd/* nodes, see fd(4).
fuse
    Userland Filesystem, see fuse(4).
hotplug
    devices hot plugging, see hotplug(4).
lkm Loadable kernel modules interface, see lkm(4).
openprom
    PROM settings, see openprom(4).
pf* Packet Filter, see pf(4).
pppx*
    PPP Multiplexer, see pppx(4).
*random
    In-kernel random data source, see random(4).
systrace*
    System call tracing device, see systrace(4).
tun*
    Network tunnel driver, see tun(4).
uk* Unknown SCSI devices, see uk(4).
vscsi*
    Virtual SCSI controller, see vscsi(4).

FILES
/dev
    The special file directory.

SEE ALSO
intro(4), config(8), mknod(8)