MAKEDEV(8)          OpenBSD System Manager's Manual (Sun3)          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 three special de-
     vice names, all, std and local. If given, all creates device files for
     all devices on the Sun3.  If units are expected for a device MAKEDEV sup-
     plies the standard numbers.  The std argument creates the standard de-
     vices for the Sun3.  Finally local is for devices specific to the local
     site, and executes the shell file MAKEDEV.local.

     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.

     Pseudo-names
     all     All known devices for the Sun3.
     std     The standard devices (console, drum, fd/*, klog, kmem, mem, null,
             stderr, stdin, stdout, tty, zero)
     local   Configuration specific devices

     Device-names
     bpf#    Berkeley packet filters
     bwtwo#  Black and white frame buffers
     cd#     SCSI CD-ROM drives
     cgtwo#  Colour frame buffers
     cgfour#
             Colour P4 frame buffers
     kbd     The keyboard
     lkm     Loadable kernel modules
     mouse#  Mouse ports
     pty#    Set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals
     sd#     SCSI disk drives
     st#     SCSI tape drives
     tty#    Onboard Serial ports
     vnd#    "File" pseudo-disks

FILES
     /dev  The special file directory.

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

OpenBSD 2.9                      June 5, 1993                                1
