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.Dd September 20, 1999
.Dt MAKEDEV 8 bebox
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm MAKEDEV
.Nd create system and device special files
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Ar special Op Ar ...
.Nm
.Ar device Op Ar ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is used to create system and device special files.
As arguments it takes the names of known devices, like
.Ar sd0 ,
or of special targets, like
.Pa all
or
.Pa std ,
which create a collection of device special files.
.Pp
The script is in
.Pa /dev/MAKEDEV
and must be called from the
.Pa /dev
directory.
.Pp
The special targets supported on
.Nx Ns / Ns bebox
are:
.Pp
.\" @@@SPECIAL@@@
.Bl -tag -width 01234567 -compact
.It Ar all
Makes all known devices, including local devices. Tries to make the 'standard' number of each type.
.It Ar floppy
Devices to be put on install floppies
.It Ar std
Standard devices
.It Ar local
Configuration specific devices
.It Ar isdn
Make ISDN devices
.El
.Pp
Please note that any hash marks
.Pq Dq #
in the following list of supported device targets must be replaced by
digits when calling
.Nm "" :
.Pp
.\" @@@DEVICES@@@
.Bl -tag -width 01
.It Tapes:
. Bl -tag -width 0123456789 -compact
. It Ar wt#
QIC-interfaced (e.g. not SCSI) 3M cartridge tape, see
.Xr wt 4
. It Ar st#
SCSI tapes, see
.Xr st 4
. El
.It Disks:
. Bl -tag -width 0123456789 -compact
. It Ar wd#
``winchester'' disk drives (ST506,IDE,ESDI,RLL,...), see
.Xr wd 4
. It Ar fd#
``floppy'' disk drives (3 1/2``, 5 1/4'')
. It Ar sd#
SCSI disks, see
.Xr sd 4
. It Ar cd#
SCSI CD-ROM, see
.Xr cd 4
. It Ar vnd#
``file'' pseudo-disks, see
.Xr vnd 4
. It Ar md#
Memory pseudo-disk devices, see
.Xr md 4
. It Ar ccd#
Contatenated disk devices, see
.Xr ccd 4
. It Ar raid#
RAIDframe disk devices, see
.Xr raid 4
. El
.It Console ports:
. Bl -tag -width 0123456789 -compact
. It Ar ttyv0
Pccons
. It Ar ttyE#
Wscons
. El
.It Pointing devices:
. Bl -tag -width 0123456789 -compact
. It Ar mms#
Microsoft bus mouse
. It Ar lms#
Logitech bus mouse
. It Ar pms#
PS/2 mouse, see
.Xr pms 4
. It Ar wsmouse#
Wscons mouse events, see
.Xr wsmouse 4
. El
.It Keyboard devices:
. Bl -tag -width 0123456789 -compact
. It Ar wskbd#
Wscons keyboard events, see
.Xr wskbd 4
. El
.It Terminal ports:
. Bl -tag -width 0123456789 -compact
. It Ar com#
Standard PC COM ports, see
.Xr com 4
. It Ar tty#
Alias for PC COM ports, this is what the system really wants, see
.Xr tty 4
. It Ar ttyCY#
Cyclom-Y multiport serial boards. Each ``unit'' makes 32 ports.
. El
.It Pseudo terminals:
. Bl -tag -width 0123456789 -compact
. It Ar pty#
Set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals, see
.Xr pty 4
. El
.It Printers:
. Bl -tag -width 0123456789 -compact
. It Ar lpt#
Stock lp
. It Ar lpa#
Interruptless lp
. El
.It ISDN devices:
. Bl -tag -width 0123456789 -compact
. It Ar i4b
Comunication between userland isdnd and kernel
. It Ar i4bctl
Control device
. It Ar i4brbch#
Raw b-channel access
. It Ar i4btel#
Telephonie device
. It Ar i4btrc#
Trace device
. El
.It Special purpose devices:
. Bl -tag -width 0123456789 -compact
. It Ar fd
File descriptors
. It Ar bpf#
Packet filter, see
.Xr bpf 4
. It Ar ipl
Ip filter
. It Ar random
Random number generator
. It Ar speaker
Pc speaker, see
.Xr speaker 4
. It Ar lkm
Loadable kernel modules interface, see
.Xr lkm 4
. It Ar audio#
Audio devices, see
.Xr audio 4
. It Ar tun#
Network tunnel driver, see
.Xr tun 4
. It Ar joy#
Joystick device
. It Ar satlink#
PlanetConnect satellite receiver driver
. It Ar scsibus#
SCSI busses
. It Ar ss#
SCSI scanner, see
.Xr ss 4
. It Ar uk#
SCSI unknown, see
.Xr uk 4
. It Ar ch#
SCSI changer, see
.Xr ch 4
. It Ar cfs#
Coda file system device
. El
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/dev/MAKEDEV" -compact
.It Pa /dev
special device files directory
.It Pa /dev/MAKEDEV
script described in this man page
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr config 8 ,
.Xr mknod 8
.Sh BUGS
This man page is generated automatically from the same sources
as
.Pa /dev/MAKEDEV ,
in which the device files are not always sorted, which may result
in an unusual (non-alphabetical) order.