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 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. There are two special devices, ``std'' and ``local''. The former creates the standard devices for the architecture. The latter is for devices specific to the local site, and executes the shell file ``MAKEDEV.local''.

The i386 supports the following devices. Where a device name is followed 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

tty#
    standard PC COM ports

fd# ``floppy'' disk drives (3 1/2, 5 1/4)

pty#
    set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals

sd# SCSI disk drives

st# SCSI tape drives

wd# ``winchester'' disk drives (ST506, IDE, ESDI, RLL etc.)

wt# QIC-interfaced (e.g. not SCSI) 3M cartridge tape

FILES
/dev
    The special file directory.

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