


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  VAX  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, crl, csa1, csa2,
                 drum, fd/*,  floppy,  kUmem,  klog,  kmem,  mem,
                 null, stderr, stdin, stdout, tty, tu0, tu1)
       local     configuration specific devices
       ad#       unibus  interface  to  data translation a/d con-
                 verter
       ct#       unibus parallel interface to CAT typesetter
       dh#       unibus dh11  and  emulations  (e.g.  Able  dmax,
                 Emulex cs-11)
       dhu#      unibus dhu11
       dmf#      unibus dmf32
       dmz#      unibus dmz32
       dn#       unibus  dn11  and  emulations (e.g. Able Quadra-
                 call)
       dz#       unibus dz11 and dz32
       hk#       unibus rk06 and rk07
       hp#       massbus rm??
       ht#       massbus tm03 & tu??
       ik#       unibus interface to ikonas frame buffer
       kra#      bi kdb50 w/ ra??
       lp#       unibus lp11 parallel interface
       mt#       massbus tu78
       np#       unibus  ethernet  co-processor  interface,   for
                 downloading.
       ps#       unibus interface to e&s picture system 2
       pty#      set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals
       qv#       qvss (microvax) display
       ra#       unibus uda50 w/ ra??
       rb#       730 idc w/ rb80 and/or rb02
       rl#       unibus rl02
       rx#       unibus rx211 floppy disk



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MAKEDEV(8)                                             MAKEDEV(8)


       tm#       unibus  tm11  &  te10  emulations  (e.g.  Emulex
                 tc-11)
       tms#      unibus/qbus TMSCP (e.g. TU81, TK50)
       ts#       unibus ts11
       ttyv0     qvss (microvax) display reserved pty
       up#       other unibus devices (e.g. on Emulex sc-21v con-
                 troller)
       ut#       unibus tu45 emulations (e.g.si 9700)
       uu#       tu58 cassettes on dl11 controller
       va#       unibus varian parallel interface
       vp#       unibus versatec parallel interface

FILES
       /dev      The special file directory.

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








































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