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diff --git a/share/man/man8/man8.i386/MAKEDEV.8 b/share/man/man8/man8.i386/MAKEDEV.8 index a262840f759..6c06e09fefd 100644 --- a/share/man/man8/man8.i386/MAKEDEV.8 +++ b/share/man/man8/man8.i386/MAKEDEV.8 @@ -1,3 +1,35 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: MAKEDEV.8,v 1.3 1997/07/27 08:39:16 downsj Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1997, Jason Downs. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by Jason Downs for the +.\" OpenBSD system. +.\" 4. Neither the name(s) of the author(s) nor the name OpenBSD +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR(S) ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS +.\" OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED +.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE +.\" DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR(S) BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, +.\" INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES +.\" (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR +.\" SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER +.\" CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" .\" Copyright (c) 1991 The Regents of the University of California. .\" All rights reserved. .\" @@ -30,92 +62,122 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" from: @(#)MAKEDEV.8 5.2 (Berkeley) 3/22/91 -.\" $Id: MAKEDEV.8,v 1.2 1997/07/24 15:01:34 deraadt Exp $ .\" -.TH MAKEDEV 8 "March 22, 1991" -.UC 7 -.SH NAME -MAKEDEV \- create system and device special files -.SH SYNOPSIS -MAKEDEV name ... -.SH DESCRIPTION +.Dd July 27, 1997 +.Dt MAKEDEV 8 +.Os OpenBSD +.Sh NAME +.Nm MAKEDEV +.Nd create system and device special files +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm MAKEDEV +.Ar name +.Ar ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION The shell script -.IR MAKEDEV , -found in the ``/dev'' directory, is used to create the common special -files. +.Nm MAKEDEV , +found in the +.Pa /dev +directory, is used to create the common special files. See -.IR special (8) +.Xr special 8 for a more complete discussion of special files. -.PP -.I MAKEDEV +.Pp +.Nm MAKEDEV takes any number of device names as arguments, where the names are the common abbreviation for the device. -There are two special devices, ``std'' and ``local''. +There are two special devices, +.Ar std +and +.Ar local . The former creates the standard devices for the architecture. The latter is for devices specific to the local site, and -executes the shell file ``MAKEDEV.local''. -.PP +executes the shell file +.Pa MAKEDEV.local . +.Pp 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. -.TP 10 -std +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXX +.It Ar std the standard devices (console, drum, fd/*, klog, kmem, mem, null, stderr, stdin, stdout, tty) -.br -.ns -.TP 10 -local +.It Ar local configuration specific devices -.br -.ns -.TP 10 -com# +.It Ar ttyC0 +pccons console or pcvt screen 0 +.It Ar ttyC# +pcvt console screens +.It Ar tty# standard PC COM ports -.br -.ns -.TP 10 -cd# +.It Ar acd# +ATAPI CD-ROM drives +.It Ar cd# SCSI CD-ROM drives -.br -.ns -.TP 10 -fd# +.It Ar mcd# +Mitsumi CD-ROM drives +.It Ar fd# ``floppy'' disk drives (3 1/2, 5 1/4) -.br -.ns -.TP 10 -flog# +.It Ar flog# kernel logging device -.br -.ns -.TP 10 -pty# +.It Ar pty# set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals -.br -.ns -.TP 10 -sd# +.It Ar sd# SCSI disk drives -.br -.ns -.TP 10 -st# +.It Ar st# SCSI tape drives -.br -.ns -.TP 10 -wd# +.It Ar wd# ``winchester'' disk drives (ST506, IDE, ESDI, RLL etc.) -.br -.ns -.TP 10 -wt# +.It Ar wt# QIC-interfaced (e.g. not SCSI) 3M cartridge tape -.SH FILES -/dev The special file directory. -.SH SEE ALSO -.IR mknod (8), -.IR intro (4), -.IR config (8), -.IR special (8) +.It Ar vnd# +``file'' pseudo-disks +.It Ar rd# +``ramdisk'' pseudo-disks +.It Ar ccd# +contatenated disk devices +.It Ar mms# +Microsoft bus mouse +.It Ar lms# +Logitech bus mouse +.It Ar pms# +PS/2 mouse +.It Ar lpt# +stock parallel port device driver +.It Ar lpa# +interruptless parallel port driver +.It Ar bpf# +packet filter +.It Ar speaker +pc speaker +.It Ar lkm +loadable kernel modules interface +.It Ar audio +audio device +.It Ar apm +power management device +.It Ar tun# +network tunnel driver +.It Ar joy# +joystick driver +.It Ar pcmcia# +PCMCIA card drivers +.It Ar random +inkernel random number generator +.It Ar uk# +``unknown SCSI'' devices +.It Ar ss# +SCSI scanners +.El +.Pp +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width XXXX -compact +.It Pa /dev +The special file directory. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr mknod 8 , +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr config 8 , +.Xr special 8 . |