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.\"	from: @(#)MAKEDEV.8	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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.Dd Sep 19, 1999
.Dt MAKEDEV 8 hpcmips
.Sh NAME
.Nm MAKEDEV ,
.Nm makedev
.Nd create system and device special files
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm MAKEDEV
.Ar device_name 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 devices:
.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 usbs
Make USB devices
.El
.Pp
The
.Tn hpcmips
supports the following devices.
Where a device name is followed by a hash sign
.Ql \&# ,
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 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-disks, 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 ttyE#
Wscons
. El
.It Pointing devices:
. Bl -tag -width 0123456789 -compact
. 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
. It Ar tty#
Alias for PC COM ports, this is what the system really wants, see
.Xr tty 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 Printers:
. Bl -tag -width 0123456789 -compact
. It Ar lpt#
Stock lp
. It Ar lpa#
Interruptless lp
. El
.It USB devices:
. Bl -tag -width 0123456789 -compact
. It Ar usb#
Bus control devices used by usbd for attach/detach, see
.Xr usb 4 
. It Ar uhid#
Generic HID devices, see
.Xr uhid 4 
. It Ar ulpt#
Printer devices, see
.Xr ulpt 4 
. It Ar ugen#
Generic device, see
.Xr ugen 4 
. El
.It Call units:
. Bl -tag -width 0123456789 -compact
. 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 tun#
Network tunnel driver, see
.Xr tun 4 
. 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 
. El
.El
.Pp
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width xxxx -compact
.It Pa /dev
The special file directory.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr config 8 ,
.Xr mknod 8
.\".Xr special 8