MAKEDEV(8) - System Manager's Manual (landisk)

MAKEDEV(8) - System Manager’s Manual (landisk) #

MAKEDEV(8) - System Manager’s Manual (landisk)

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. Files are created in the current working directory.

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 landisk supports the following devices:

Special device names

all

Creates special files for all devices on landisk.

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

cd*‌

ATAPI and SCSI CD-ROM drives, see cd(4).

ch*‌

SCSI media changers, see ch(4).

rd*‌

“rd” pseudo-disks, see rd(4).

sd*‌

SCSI disks, including flopticals, see sd(4).

vnd*‌

“file” pseudo-disk devices, see vnd(4).

wd*‌

“winchester” disk drives (ST506, IDE, ESDI, RLL, …), see wd(4).

Tapes

st*‌

SCSI tape drives, see st(4).

Terminal ports

ttya

on-board serial port, see scif(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).

Console ports

ttyC-J*‌

wscons display devices, see wsdisplay(4).

wscons

Minimal wscons devices, see wscons(4).

wskbd*‌

wscons keyboards, see wskbd(4).

wsmouse*‌

wscons mice, see wsmouse(4).

wsmux

wscons keyboard/mouse mux devices, see wsmux(4).

USB devices

ttyU*‌

USB serial ports, see ucom(4).

uall

All USB devices, see usb(4).

ugen*‌

Generic USB devices, see ugen(4).

uhid*‌

Generic HID devices, see uhid(4).

fido

fido/* nodes, see fido(4).

ujoy

ujoy/* nodes, see ujoy(4).

ulpt*‌

Printer devices, see ulpt(4).

usb*‌

Bus control devices used by usbd for attach/detach, see usb(4).

Special purpose devices

audio*‌

Audio devices, see audio(4).

bio

ioctl tunnel pseudo-device, see bio(4).

bpf

Berkeley Packet Filter, see bpf(4).

dt

Dynamic Tracer, see dt(4).

diskmap

Disk mapper, see diskmap(4).

fd

fd/* nodes, see fd(4).

fuse

Userland Filesystem, see fuse(4).

hotplug

devices hot plugging, see hotplug(4).

pci*‌

PCI bus devices, see pci(4).

pf

Packet Filter, see pf(4).

pppx*‌

PPP Multiplexer, see pppx(4).

pppac*‌

PPP Access Concentrator, see pppac(4).

radio*‌

FM tuner devices, see radio(4).

*random

In-kernel random data source, see random(4).

rmidi*‌

Raw MIDI devices, see midi(4).

tun*‌

Network tunnel driver, see tun(4).

tap*‌

Ethernet tunnel driver, see tap(4).

uk*‌

Unknown SCSI devices, see uk(4).

video*‌

Video V4L2 devices, see video(4).

vscsi*‌

Virtual SCSI controller, see vscsi(4).

kstat

Kernel Statistics, see kstat(4).

FILES #

/dev

The special file directory.

SEE ALSO #

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

OpenBSD 7.5 - November 10, 2022