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 armv7 supports the following devices:

Special device names
all Creates special files for all devices on armv7.
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
cd* ATAPI and SCSI CD-ROM drives, see cd(4).
ch* SCSI media changers, see ch(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
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
ttyC-J*
    wscons display devices, see wsdisplay(4).
wscons
    Minimal wscons devices, see wscons(4).
wskbd*
    wscons keyboards, see wskbd(4).
wsmouse*
    wscons mice, see wsmouse(4).
wsmux
    wscons keyboard/mouse mux devices, see wsmux(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).
ulpt*
    Printer devices, see ulpt(4).
usb*
    Bus control devices used by usbd for attach/detach, see usb(4).

Special purpose devices
apm Power management device, see apm(4).
audio*
    Audio devices, see audio(4).
bio ioctl tunnel pseudo-device, see bio(4).
bktr*
    Video frame grabbers, see bktr(4).
bpf Berkeley Packet Filter, see bpf(4).
dt  Dynamic Tracer, see dt(4).
diskmap
    Disk mapper, see diskmap(4).
fd  fd/* nodes, see fd(4).
fuse
    Userland Filesystem, see fuse(4).
gpio*
    General Purpose Input/Output, see gpio(4).
hotplug
    devices hot plugging, see hotplug(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).
tun*
    Network tunnel driver, see tun(4).
tap*
    Ethernet tunnel driver, see tap(4).
uk* Unknown SCSI devices, see uk(4).
tuner*
    Tuner devices, see bktr(4).
video*
    Video V4L2 devices, see video(4).
vscsi*
    Virtual SCSI controller, see vscsi(4).
switch*
    Switch driver, see switch(4).

FILES
/dev
    The special file directory.

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