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       intro - Introduction to special files

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       Section  7  describes  the  special  files, related driver
       functions, and networking support available in the system.
       In this section of the reference pages, the SYNOPSIS heading
 of each configurable device gives a sample  specification
  for use in constructing a system description for the
       config program.  The DIAGNOSTICS  heading  lists  messages
       that may appear on the console and in the system error log
       file  /usr/adm/syserr/syserr.hostname  due  to  errors  in
       device operation.

       Software  support  for  configurable  devices comes in two
       forms. A hardware device may be supported with a character
       or  block  device driver or, if used within the networking
       subsystem, may  be  supported  with  a  network  interface
       driver.

       There  are some devices that have fixed input/output space
       CSR addresses and interrupt vector addresses. There are no
       address  switches or jumpers that need to be set up by the
       customer or Field Service.

       Some reference pages in this section may contain  suffixes
       to  allow  their files to exist with those of other reference
 pages having the same base name and  section  number.
       When  used,  suffixes  are made up of one to four letters.
       See the man(1) reference page for more information on suffixes.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

       /dev/*

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       Commands: MAKEDEV(8)



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