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.\" from: @(#)makedev.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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.Dd December 28, 1995
.Dt MAKEDEV 8 pc532
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm makedev
.Nd create system and device special files
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm MAKEDEV
.Ar name
.Op Ar ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The shell script
.Nm MAKEDEV ,
found in the
.Pa /dev
directory, is used to create
the common special
files.
.\" See
.\" .Xr special 8
.\" for a more complete discussion of special files.
.Pp
.Nm MAKEDEV
takes any number of device names as arguments,
where the names are the common abbreviation for
the device. There are several special device names:
.Pp
.\" @@@SPECIAL@@@
.Bl -tag -width 01234567 -compact
.It Ar all
All known devices, including local devices.
.It Ar minimal
A minimal set of devices for install disks, etc.
.It Ar std
Standard devices
.It Ar local
Configuration specific devices
.El
.Pp
The pmax port supports the following devices.
Where a device name is followed by a hash
sign ("#"), the hash sign must be replaced
by a unit number.
.Pp
.\" @@@DEVICES@@@
.Bl -tag -width 01
.It Tapes:
. Bl -tag -width 0123456789 -compact
. It Ar tz#
SCSI tapes, DEC TK50 cartridge tape, see
.Xr tz 4
. It Ar st#
MI SCSI tape drives, see
.Xr st 4
. El
.It Disks:
. Bl -tag -width 0123456789 -compact
. It Ar rz#
SCSI disks, see
.Xr rz 4
. It Ar ccd#
Concatenated disk driver, see
.Xr ccd 4
. It Ar cd#
MI SCSI cdroms, see
.Xr cd 4
. It Ar md#
Memory pseudo-disk devices, see
.Xr md 4
. It Ar raid#
RAIDframe disk driver, see
.Xr raid 4
. It Ar sd#
MI SCSI disks, see
.Xr sd 4
. It Ar vnd#
``file'' pseudo-disks, see
.Xr vnd 4
. El
.It Terminal multiplexors:
. Bl -tag -width 0123456789 -compact
. It Ar dc#
4 channel serial interface (keyboard, mouse, modem, printer), see
.Xr dc 4
. It Ar scc#
82530 serial interface, see
.Xr scc 4
. 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 Special purpose devices:
. Bl -tag -width 0123456789 -compact
. It Ar bpf#
Packet filter, see
.Xr bpf 4
. It Ar ch#
SCSI media changer, see
.Xr ch 4
. It Ar fd
File descriptors (/dev/fd/*)
. It Ar ipl
IP packet filter
. It Ar lkm
Loadable kernel modules interface (unsupported in 1.3_ALPHA), see
.Xr lkm 4
. It Ar random
Random number generator
. It Ar scsibus#
SCSI busses, see
.Xr scsictl 8 ,
.Xr scsi 4
. It Ar ss#
MI scsi scanners, see
.Xr ss 4
. It Ar tun#
Network tunnel driver, see
.Xr tun 4
. It Ar uk#
MI unknown scsi devices, see
.Xr uk 4
. El
.It Platform-specific devices:
. Bl -tag -width 0123456789 -compact
. It Ar NOTE:
/dev/mouse should be a link to one of these for X windows.
. It Ar fb#
Generic framebuffer pseudo-device
. It Ar px#
PixelStamp Xserver access, see
.Xr px 4
. El
.It The following names are reserved for future use:
. Bl -tag -width 0123456789 -compact
. It Ar audio#
Phone-quality audio on Personal DECstations, see
.Xr audio 4
. It Ar fdc#
Baseboard 2.88 floppy disk on Personal DECstations
. It Ar ttyE?
Workstation console (``wscons'') glass-tty emulators
. El
.El
.Pp
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /dev -compact
.It Pa /dev
The special file directory.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr config 8 ,
.Xr mknod 8
.\" .Xr special 8