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 vax supports the following devices:

Special device names
all Creates special files for all devices on vax.
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).
hd* HDC9224 disks, see hd(4).
ra* MSCP disks, see ra(4).
rd* “rd” pseudo-disks, see rd(4).
rx* RX02 floppy disks, see rx(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).
mt* (Magnetic) 9-track reel tape drives, see mt(4).
st* SCSI tape drives, see st(4).

Terminal ports
dhu*
    UNIBUS DHU11, see dhu(4).
dl* UNIBUS DL11, see dl(4).
dz* UNIBUS DZ11 and DZ32, see dz(4).
qsc*
    VXT2000 serial ports, see qsc(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).

Pointing devices
wsmouse*
    wscons mice, see wsmouse(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).
fd  fd/* nodes, see fd(4).
lkm Loadable kernel modules interface, see lkm(4).
nnpfs*
    NNPFS filesystem node, see mount_nnpfs(8).
pf* Packet Filter, see pf(4).
pppx*
    PPP Multiplexer, see pppx(4).
*random
    In-kernel random data source, see random(4).
systrace*
    System call tracing device, see systrace(4).
tun*
    Network tunnel driver, see tun(4).
uk* Unknown SCSI devices, see uk(4).
vscsi*
    Virtual SCSI controller, see vscsi(8).

FILES
/dev
    The special file directory.

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