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@(#)MAKEDEV.8 5.1 (Berkeley) 03/22/91

C 7 MAKEDEV - create device special files MAKEDEV device ... The shell script MAKEDEV , found in the ``/dev'' directory, is used to create the common special files used to interface to peripherals. See special (8) 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.

The i386 supports the following devices. Where a device name is followed by a hash sign (``#''), the hash sign must be replaced by a unit number.

10 std the standard devices (console, drum, fd/*, klog, kmem, mem, null, stderr, stdin, stdout, tty)

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10 local configuration specific devices

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10 com# standard PC COM ports

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10 fd# ``floppy'' disk drives (3 1/2, 5 1/4)

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10 flog# kernel logging device

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10 pty# set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals

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10 wd# ``winchester'' disk drives (ST506, IDE, ESDI, RLL etc.)

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10 wt# QIC-interfaced (e.g. not SCSI) 3M cartridge tape

/dev The special file directory. special (8)