MAKEDEV(8)          OpenBSD System Manager's Manual (HP300)         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 HP300 supports the following devices.  Where a device name is fol-
     lowed 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

     ct#         HP300 HP-IB cartridge tape

     ccd#        ``concatenated'' pseudo-disks

     hd#         HP300 HP-IB disks

     mt#         (Magnetic) 9-track reel tape

     sd#         HP300 SCSI disks

     st#         HP300 SCSI tape

     vnd#        ``file'' pseudo-disks

     rd#         ``ramdisk'' pseudo-disks

     dca#        HP200/300 single port serial interface

     dcm#        HP200/300 4 port serial mux interface

     apci#       HP400 3 port/keyboard Apollo mux interface

     pty#        set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals

     flog#       kernel logging device

     grf#        raw interface to HP300 graphics devices

     ite#        terminal emulator interface to HP300 graphics devices

     hil         HP300 HIL input devices

     ppi#        HP-IB plotters

     bpf#        packet filter


     tun#        network tunnel driver

     lkm         loadable kernel modules interface

     random      in-kernel random number generator

FILES
     /dev  The special file directory.

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

OpenBSD 3.0                      July 27, 1997                               2
