MAKEDEV(8) OpenBSD System Manager's Manual (VAX) MAKEDEV(8)NAMEMAKEDEV - create system and device special files
SYNOPSISMAKEDEV 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
ccd* Concatenated disk devices, see ccd(4).
cd* ATAPI and SCSI CD-ROM drives, see cd(4).
fd* Floppy disk drives (3 1/2", 5 1/4"), see fd(4).
hd* HDC9224 disks, see hd(4).
hk* UNIBUS RK06 and RK07 disks, see hk(4).
hp* MASSBUS disks, see hp(4).
ra* MSCP disks, see ra(4).
raid* RAIDframe disk devices, see raid(4).
rb* 730 IDC w/ RB80 and/or RB02, see rb(4).
rd* ``rd'' pseudo-disks, see rd(4).
rl* UNIBUS RL02, see rl(4).
rx* RX02 floppy disks, see rx(4).
sd* SCSI disks, including flopticals, see sd(4).
up* Other UNIBUS devices, see up(4).
vnd* ``file'' pseudo-disk devices, see vnd(4).
Tapes
ch* SCSI media changers, see ch(4).
ht* MASSBUS TM03 and TU?? devices, see ht(4).
mt* (Magnetic) 9-track reel tape drives, see mt(4).
st* SCSI tape drives, see st(4).
tm* UNIBUS TM11 and TE10 emulations (e.g. Emulex TC-11), see
tm(4).
ts* UNIBUS TS11, see ts(4).
ut* UNIBUS TU45 emulations (e.g. 9700), see ut(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
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 ALSOintro(4), config(8), mknod(8)OpenBSD 4.9 October 11, 2010 OpenBSD 4.9