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 powerpc64 supports the following devices:
Special device names
- all
- Creates special files for all devices on powerpc64.
- 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.
- vnd*
- “file” pseudo-disk devices, see vnd(4).
- rd*
- “rd” pseudo-disks, see rd(4).
- sd*
- SCSI disks, including flopticals, see sd(4).
- cd*
- ATAPI and SCSI CD-ROM drives, see cd(4).
- wd*
- “winchester” disk drives (ST506, IDE, ESDI, RLL, ...), see wd(4).
- ch*
- SCSI media changers, see ch(4).
- st*
- SCSI tape drives, see st(4).
- tty[0-7][0-9a-f]
- NS16x50 serial ports, see com(4).
- 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).
- wscons
- Minimal wscons devices, see wscons(4).
- ttyC-J*
- wscons display devices, see wsdisplay(4).
- wskbd*
- wscons keyboards, see wskbd(4).
- wsmouse*
- wscons mice, see wsmouse(4).
- wsmux
- wscons keyboard/mouse mux devices, see wsmux(4).
- lpt*
- IEEE 1284 centronics printer, see lpt(4).
- 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).
- diskmap
- Disk mapper, see diskmap(4).
- dri
- Direct Rendering Infrastructure, see drm(4).
- dt
- Dynamic Tracer, see dt(4).
- fd
- fd/* nodes, see fd(4).
- fuse
- Userland Filesystem, see fuse(4).
- hotplug
- devices hot plugging, see hotplug(4).
- ipmi*
- IPMI BMC access, see ipmi(4).
- kcov
- Kernel code coverage tracing, see kcov(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).
- tap*
- Ethernet tunnel driver, see tap(4).
- tun*
- Network tunnel driver, see tun(4).
- uk*
- Unknown SCSI devices, see uk(4).
- vscsi*
- Virtual SCSI controller, see vscsi(4).
- kstat
- Kernel Statistics, see kstat(4).
FILES
- /dev
- The special file directory.