/dev/MAKEDEV
is used to create special files for commonly known devices; it executes
mknod
with the appropriate arguments and can make all the files required for the
device.
To make nodes manually, the arguments are:
The following values for the fmt are recognized: native, 386bsd, 4bsd, bsdos, freebsd, hpux, isc, linux, netbsd, osf1, sco, solaris, sunos, svr3, svr4, and ultrix.
/dev/MAKEDEV
to see if the device is known, or check
the system dependent device configuration file:
``/usr/src/sys/arch/<arch>/<arch>/conf.c
''
(e.g. /usr/src/sys/arch/vax/vax/conf.c
.)
AT&T UNIX
.
The
-F
option appeared in
NetBSD1.4.
The
-g, l, m, r, R,
and
-u
options, and the ability to specify a driver by name appeared in
NetBSD2.0.