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. 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 sparc64 supports the following devices:

Special device names
all Creates special files for all devices on sparc64.
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.
redodisks
    Recreates all partitions for disks found in /etc.

Disks
cd* ATAPI and SCSI CD-ROM drives, see cd(4).
fd* Floppy disk drives (3 1/2", 5 1/4"), see fd(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
ch* SCSI media changers, see ch(4).
st* SCSI tape drives, see st(4).

Terminal ports
cua[a-z]*
    Zilog 8530 serial port, see zs(4).
magma*
    Magma multiport cards, see magma(4).
spif*
    “spif” multiport cards, see spif(4).
tty[0-7][0-9a-f]
    NS16x50 serial ports, see com(4).
tty[a-z]*
    Zilog 8530 serial port, see zs(4).
ttyh*
    Sab82532 serial devices, see sab(4).
ttyV*
    Virtual console concentrator, see vcctty(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
console
    PROM console, see pcons(4).
ttyC-J*
    wscons display devices, see wsdisplay(4).
wscons
    Minimal wscons devices, see wscons(4).
wskbd*
    wscons keyboards, see wskbd(4).
wsmux
    wscons keyboard/mouse mux devices, see wsmux(4).

Pointing devices
wsmouse*
    wscons mice, see wsmouse(4).

Printers
bpp*
    Parallel port, see bpp(4).
bpp[jkl]
    “spif” parallel port, see spif(4).
bppmag[mno]
    Magma parallel port, see magma(4).
lpa*
    Polled printer port, see lpt(4).
lpt*
    IEEE 1284 centronics printer, see lpt(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).
diskmap
    Disk mapper, see diskmap(4).
dri Direct Rendering Infrastructure, see drm(4).
fd  fd/* nodes, see fd(4).
dt  Dynamic Tracer, see dt(4).
fuse
    Userland Filesystem, see fuse(4).
hotplug
    devices hot plugging, see hotplug(4).
openprom
    PROM settings, see openprom(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).
rmidi*
    Raw MIDI devices, see midi(4).
*random
    In-kernel random data source, see random(4).
tun*
    Network tunnel driver, see tun(4).
tap*
    Ethernet tunnel driver, see tap(4).
uk* Unknown SCSI devices, see uk(4).
uperf
    Performance counters, see uperf(4).
video*
    Video V4L2 devices, see video(4).
vscsi*
    Virtual SCSI controller, see vscsi(4).
hvctl
    Hypervisor control channel, see vldcp(4).
spds
    Service processor domain services channel, see vldcp(4).
ldom*
    Logical domain services channels, see vldcp(4).
vdsp*
    Virtual disk server ports, see vdsp(4).
kstat
    Kernel Statistics, see kstat(4).

FILES
/dev
    The special file directory.

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