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MAKEDEV(8) System Manager's Manual (sparc64) MAKEDEV(8)

MAKEDEV — create system and device special files

MAKEDEV [name ...]

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.

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).

ch*
SCSI media changers, see ch(4).
st*
SCSI tape drives, see st(4).

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).

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
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).

wsmouse*
wscons mice, see wsmouse(4).

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).

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).

/dev
The special file directory.

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

November 10, 2022 openbsd