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32 .\" @(#)MAKEDEV.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
40 .Nd create system and device special files
49 directory, is used to create the common special
53 for a more complete discussion of special files.
56 takes any number of device names as arguments, where the names are
57 the common abbreviation for the device.
58 There are two special devices,
62 The former creates the standard devices for the architecture.
63 The latter is for devices specific to the local site, and
64 executes the shell file
65 .Dq Pa MAKEDEV.local .
67 The Alpha supports the following devices.
68 Where a device name is followed by a hash sign
71 must be replaced by a unit number.
72 .Bl -tag -width indent
74 the standard devices (console, fd/*, klog, kmem, mem, null,
75 stderr, stdin, stdout, tty)
77 configuration specific devices
82 disk drives (3 1/2, 5 1/4)
84 set of 32 master and slave pseudo terminals
92 SCSI SES/SAF-TE environmental devices
94 set of 12 virtual console devices for syscons/pcvt/codrv
106 .Bl -tag -width /dev/xxxx -compact
108 The special file directory.