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 powerpc64 supports the following devices:

Special device names
all Creates special files for all devices on powerpc64.
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
vnd*
    “file” pseudo-disk devices, see vnd(4).
rd* “rd” pseudo-disks, see rd(4).
sd* SCSI disks, including flopticals, see sd(4).
cd* ATAPI and SCSI CD-ROM drives, see cd(4).

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

Terminal ports
tty[0-7][0-9a-f]
    NS16x50 serial ports, see com(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
wscons
    Minimal wscons devices, see wscons(4).
ttyC-J*
    wscons display devices, see wsdisplay(4).
wskbd*
    wscons keyboards, see wskbd(4).
wsmouse*
    wscons mice, see wsmouse(4).
wsmux
    wscons keyboard/mouse mux devices, see wsmux(4).

Printers
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).
drm*
    Direct Rendering Manager, see drm(4).
dt  Dynamic Tracer, see dt(4).
fd  fd/* nodes, see fd(4).
fuse
    Userland Filesystem, see fuse(4).
hotplug
    devices hot plugging, see hotplug(4).
ipmi*
    IPMI BMC access, see ipmi(4).
kcov
    Kernel code coverage tracing, see kcov(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).
radio*
    FM tuner devices, see radio(4).
*random
    In-kernel random data source, see random(4).
rmidi*
    Raw MIDI devices, see midi(4).
tap*
    Ethernet tunnel driver, see tap(4).
tun*
    Network tunnel driver, see tun(4).
uk* Unknown SCSI devices, see uk(4).
vscsi*
    Virtual SCSI controller, see vscsi(4).
switch*
    Switch driver, see switch(4).
kstat
    Kernel Statistics, see kstat(4).

FILES
/dev
    The special file directory.

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