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.Dd October 7, 2001
.Dt MAKEDEV 8 alpha
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm MAKEDEV
.Nd create system and device special files
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm MAKEDEV
.Ar name
.Op Ar ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The shell script
.Nm MAKEDEV ,
found in the
.Pa /dev
directory, is used to create the common special files.
See
.Xr intro 4
for a more complete discussion of special files.
.Pp
.Nm MAKEDEV
takes any number of device names as arguments, where the names are
the common abbreviation for the device.
There are four special device names,
.Ar all ,
.Ar std ,
.Ar local
and
.Ar wscons .
If
given,
.Ar all
creates device files for all devices on the alpha.
If units are expected for a device,
.Nm MAKEDEV
will supply the standard numbers.
The
.Ar std
argument creates only the standard devices for the alpha.
Finally
.Ar local
is for devices specific to the local site, and executes the shell file
.Pa MAKEDEV.local .
.Pp
The alpha supports the following devices.
Where a device name is followed by a hash sign ("#"), the hash sign
must be replaced by a unit number.
.Pp
.Sy Pseudo\-names
.Bl -tag -width wsmouse indent -compact
.It Ar all
All known devices for the alpha.
.It Ar std
The standard devices (console, drum, klog, kmem, ksyms, mem, null, stderr,
stdin, stdout, tty, zero).
.It Ar local
Configuration specific devices.
.It Ar wscons
All wscons-related devices.
.El
.Pp
.Sy Device\-names
.Bl -tag -width wsmouse indent -compact
.It Ar bpf#
Berkeley packet filters.
.It Ar cd#
SCSI CD-ROM drives.
.It Ar iop#
I2O devices.
.It Ar lkm
Loadable kernel modules.
.It Ar pty#
Set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals.
.It Ar sd#
SCSI disk drives.
.It Ar st#
SCSI tape drives.
.It Ar tty#
Onboard Serial ports.
.It Ar ttyC#
Wscons console screens.
.It Ar vnd#
.Dq File
pseudo-disks.
.It Ar wskbd
Keyboard devices for wscons.
.It Ar wsmouse
Mouse devices for wscons.
.It Ar wsmux
Multiplexor devices for wscons.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /dev -compact
.It Pa /dev
The special file directory.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr config 8 ,
.Xr mknod 8