MAKEDEV(8)          OpenBSD System Manager's Manual (i386)          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 special(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 de-
     vices, std and local. The former creates the standard devices for the ar-
     chitecture.  The latter is for devices specific to the local site, and
     executes the shell file MAKEDEV.local.

     The i386 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

     ttyC0       pccons console or pcvt screen 0

     ttyC#       pcvt console screens

     tty#        standard PC COM ports

     cd#         SCSI CD-ROM drives

     mcd#        Mitsumi CD-ROM drives

     fd#         ``floppy'' disk drives (3 1/2, 5 1/4)

     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.)

     wt#         QIC-interfaced (e.g. not SCSI) 3M cartridge tape

     vnd#        ``file'' pseudo-disks

     rd#         ``ramdisk'' pseudo-disks

     ccd#        concatenated disk devices

     mms#        Microsoft bus mouse

     lms#        Logitech bus mouse

     pms#        PS/2 mouse

     lpt#        stock parallel port device driver



     lpa#        interruptless parallel port driver

     bpf#        packet filter

     speaker     pc speaker

     lkm         loadable kernel modules interface

     audio       audio device

     apm         power management devices

     tun#        network tunnel driver

     joy#        joystick driver

     pcmcia#     PCMCIA card drivers

     random      inkernel random number generator

     uk#         ``unknown SCSI'' devices

     ss#         SCSI scanners

     bktr#       Brooktree 848 driver

     wdt#        watchdog timer

FILES
     /dev  The special file directory.

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

OpenBSD 2.9                      July 27, 1997                               2
