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.\" from: @(#)makedev.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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.Dd June 5, 1993
.Dt MAKEDEV 8 sun3
.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 std
Standard devices
.It Ar local
Configuration specific devices
.El
.Pp
The Sun3 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 st#
SCSI tape, see
.Xr st 4
. El
.It Disks:
. Bl -tag -width 0123456789 -compact
. It Ar sd#
Sun SCSI disks, see
.Xr sd 4
. It Ar fd#
Floppies
. It Ar vnd#
``file'' pseudo-disks, see
.Xr vnd 4
. It Ar ccd#
Concatenated disk driver, see
.Xr ccd 4
. It Ar raid#
RAIDframe disk driver, see
.Xr raid 4
. It Ar md#
Memory pseudo-disk devices, see
.Xr md 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 bwtwo#
Monochromatic frame buffer, see
.Xr bwtwo 4
. It Ar cgtwo#
8-bit VME bus color frame buffer, see
.Xr cgtwo 4
. It Ar cgfour#
8-bit color frame buffer, see
.Xr cgfour 4
. It Ar bpf#
Packet filter, see
.Xr bpf 4
. It Ar lkm
Loadable kernel modules interface, see
.Xr lkm 4
. It Ar tun#
Network tunnel driver, see
.Xr tun 4
. It Ar random
Random number generator
. It Ar scsibus#
SCSI busses, see
.Xr scsictl 8 ,
.Xr scsi 4
. 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