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 various special files. See intro(4) 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 or group of devices.

Where a device name is followed by a star ‘*’, the star must be replaced by a unit number. If units are expected for a device but not provided, MAKEDEV will supply the standard numbers in most cases.

The mvme88k supports the following devices:

Special device names
all Creates special files for all devices on mvme88k.
ramdisk
    Ramdisk kernel devices.
std Creates the ‘standard’ devices (console, klog, kmem, ksyms, mem, null, stderr, stdin, stdout, tty, zero) which are absolutely necessary for the system to function properly.
local
    Creates configuration-specific devices, by invoking the shell file MAKEDEV.local.

Disks
ccd*
    Concatenated disk devices, see ccd(4).
cd* ATAPI and SCSI CD-ROM drives, see cd(4).
rd* “rd” pseudo-disks, see rd(4).
sd* SCSI disks, including flopticals, see sd(4).
vnd*
    “file” pseudo-disk devices, see vnd(4).

Tapes
ch* SCSI media changers, see ch(4).
st* SCSI tape drives, see st(4).

Terminal ports
tty0*
    MVME1x7 CL-CD2400 serial ports, see cl(4).
ttya-b
    MVME188 serial ports, see dart(4).
ttyv*
    MVME332XT serial ports, see vx(4).

Pseudo terminals
ptm pty master device, see ptm(4).
pty*
    Set of 62 master pseudo terminals, see pty(4).
tty*
    Set of 62 slave pseudo terminals, see tty(4).

Special purpose devices
bio ioctl tunnel pseudo-device, see bio(4).
bpf*
    Berkeley Packet Filter, see bpf(4).
diskmap
    Disk mapper, see diskmap(4).
fd  fd/* nodes, see fd(4).
lkm Loadable kernel modules interface, see lkm(4).
nnpfs*
    NNPFS filesystem node, see mount_nnpfs(8).
nvram0
    On-board non-volatile memory, see nvram(4).
pf* Packet Filter, see pf(4).
pppx*
    PPP Multiplexer, see pppx(4).
*random
    In-kernel random data source, see random(4).
sram0
    On-board static memory, see sram(4).
systrace*
    System call tracing device, see systrace(4).
tun*
    Network tunnel driver, see tun(4).
uk* Unknown SCSI devices, see uk(4).
vmel0
    VMEbus D32 space, see vmel(4).
vmes0
    VMEbus D16 space, see vmes(4).
vscsi*
    Virtual SCSI controller, see vscsi(8).

FILES
/dev
    The special file directory.

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