


MAKEDEV(8)                                             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 the  common  special  files.   See  spe-
       cial(8) 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.   There  are  two  special  devices,  ``std''  and
       ``local''.  The former creates the  standard  devices  for
       the  architecture.   The latter is for devices specific to
       the   local   site,   and   executes   the   shell    file
       ``MAKEDEV.local''.

       The  arm32 supports the following devices.  Where a device
       name is followed by a hash sign  (``#''),  the  hash  sign
       must be replaced by a unit number.

       std       the standard devices (console, drum, fd/*, klog,
                 kmem, mem, null, stderr, stdin, stdout, tty)
       local     configuration specific devices
       tty0#     standard COM ports
       cd#       SCSI CD-ROM drives
       fd#       ``floppy'' disk drives (3 1/2, 5 1/4)
       flog#     kernel logging device
       pty#      set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals
       sd#       SCSI disk drives
       st#       SCSI tape drives
       wd#       ``winchester'' disk drives  (ST506,  IDE,  ESDI,
                 RLL etc.)

FILES
       /dev      The special file directory.

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
















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