MAKEDEV - makes system special files
/dev/MAKEDEV [argument] [device-name?...]
The MAKEDEV shell script is normally used to install special
files. It resides in the /dev directory, the normal
location of special files. Arguments to MAKEDEV are usually
of the form device-name? where device-name is one of
the supported devices listed in Section 7 of the Reference
Pages and ? is a logical unit number. The argument
operand is one of the following special arguments that
create assorted collections of devices: Creates all standard
device files for all systems.
Standard devices for Alpha systems (in the order
they are created) are as follows: klog, kcon, kbinlog,
kmem, mem, null, vmzcore, console, ws0,
mouse0, keyboard0, tty, pty0, pty1, ptmx, cam,
audit, prf, pfcntr, zero, snmpinfo, lockdev, and
sysdev0. Creates a set of 16 LAT device special
files, one for each LAT terminal device. The n
specifies the set option. The set option range is 0
to 38. Specifying lat38 creates 12 LAT device special
files. Creates groups of pseudoterminal
device special files, as follows: Creates pty0 to
pty22. Creates pty23 to pty45. Creates pty46 to
pty56. Creates pty57 to pty64. Creates pty65 to
pty72. Creates pty73 to pty80. Creates pty81 to
pty88. Creates pty89 to pty96. Creates pty97 to
pty101.
The # specifies the group of pseudoterminal device
special files created. Creates a group of packet
filter device special files, as follows: Creates
pfilt0 to pfilt63. Creates pfilt0 to pfilt63.
Creates pfilt0 to pfilt127. Creates pfilt0 to
pfilt255. Creates pfilt0 to pfilt511. Creates
pfilt0 to pfilt1023. Creates pfilt0 to pfilt2047.
Creates pfilt0 to pfilt3071. Creates pfilt0 to
pfilt4095.
The # specifies the number of ppacket filter device
special files created. Creates those devices specific
to the local site. This request causes the
shell file /dev/MAKEDEV.local to be executed. This
file must exist prior to using the local argument.
Site specific commands, such as those used to setup
dialup lines as ttyd? and to create device special
files for third-party devices, should be included
in this file.
Because all devices are created using mknod(8) this shell
script is useful only to the superuser.
The MAKEDEV script installs files in the current working
directory. Although device special files can be located
anywhere on the system, they are usually created in the
/dev directory, since this is where most applications
expect to find them.
Refer to the dsfmgr(8) reference page for information on
the Device Special File Manager program.
Either self-explanatory, or generated by one of the programs
called from the script. Use sh -x MAKEDEV in case
of trouble.
Commands: config(8), dsfmgr(8), mknod(8)
Interfaces: intro(7), packetfilter(7), pty(7)
MAKEDEV(8)
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