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+<article>
+
+<title>devices created by makedev
+<author> Andreas Jellinghaus <tt>aj@debian.org</tt>
+<date> version 0.3, based on Linux allocated device 2.1.62
+<abstract>
+ some devices are created by default, some are left out on boot
+ floppies, other devices are only created on demand and some
+ devices are obsolete or have new names.
+</abstract>
+
+<sect> batches <p>
+
+call out devices are not generated by default. however if you need them,
+you can generate them (see below).
+
+<descrip>
+<tag/generic/all standard batches for normal Linux\/i386 systems.
+ (standard misc devices, ttyS[0-3], mouse, printer, tapes
+ (scsi, qic, qic117), audio, scsi generic, standard disk, cdroms
+ and ttys)
+<tag/generic-m68k/all generic devices for m68k (additional
+ framebuffer, some mouse devices and m68k scsi disk devices are
+ included,
+ but busmouse devices and qic and qic117 are left out).
+<tag/boot-floppy/a subset of generic. (no audio, less ttys)
+<tag/std-hd/standard hard disks (hd[a-h,xd[ab],sd[a-h],ram disk,md,loop)
+<tag/std-cdrom/standard cdroms (scsi, old non-scsi non-atapi cdroms)
+<tag/compatiblity/collection of old devices. It is usefull to remove them, but
+make sure, that you have generated the new ones, and that you know, what
+you are doing ! serial-cu, printer-old, mouse-old, sr-old,
+qic-old, misc-old, sg-old
+<tag/update/special tag : reads \/proc\/devices and generates new devices
+ found there.
+</descrip>
+
+<sect> Limits (standard devices) <p>
+
+There are some limits in this version of devinfo : it will only create a
+special number of devices (e.g. ramdisks, hda partitions). If one of
+these limits is unrealistic, please tell me. Most limits have no good
+reason, I just didn't want to create hundreds of devices, so I only
+created a few. If a limit is too low for you : a) please tell me and b)
+modify /etc/devinfo (should be easy). <p>
+
+<descrip>
+<tag/ramdisks/8 devices ram[0-7]
+<tag/ide harddisks/20 partitions each (devices hd[a-h])
+<tag/xt harddisks/20 partitions each (devices xd[ab]
+<tag/loopback/8 devices loop[0-7]
+<tag/metadisk/4 devices md[0-3]
+<tag/scsi cdrom/scd: 8 devices scd[0-7]
+<tag/scsi cdrom/scd-all : 16 devices scd[0-15]
+<tag/scsi generic/sg : 8 devices sg[0-7]
+<tag/scsi generic/sg-all : 16 devices sg[0-15]
+<tag/scsi tapes/8 devices st[0-7]
+<tag/mscdex/4 cdrom devices dos_cd[0-3]
+<tag/joysticks/2 devices each js[0-1] djs[0-1]
+<tag/other cdroms/only one device created : sonycd, gscd, optcd, sjcd,
+hitcd, mcd, cdu535, aztcd, cm206cd, bpcd (if there are several cdroms
+possible : please tell me !)
+<tag/serial/default bootdisks and base system will only have ttyS[0-3],
+but you can create all possible devices ttyS[0-63] with "MAKEDEV serial"
+or several additional devices with "MAKEDEV ttyS4 ttyS5 ...".
+</descrip>
+
+<sect> additional devices <p>
+
+you can create these devices with "MAKEDEV name" and delete them with
+"MAKEDEV -d name". you can either use the name listed here (this will
+create all possible devices), or individual devices (use the device
+name) e.g. "serial" will create all 64 serial devices ttyS[0-63] but
+"ttyS0" will only create this one.
+
+<sect1> serial devices <p>
+
+<descrip>
+<tag/isdn-tty/isdn terminal devices. 8 devices : ttyI[0-7]
+<tag/isdn-tty-all/isdn terminal devices. 64 devices : ttyI[0-63]
+
+<tag/isdn-ppp/isdn sync ppp network devices. 8 devices : ippp[0-7]
+<tag/isdn-ppp-all/isdn sync ppp network devices. 64 devices : ippp[0-63]
+
+<tag/isdn-io/isdn raw and control devices. 18 devices :
+ isdn[0-7] isdnctrl[0-7] isdnctrl isdninfo
+<tag/isdn-io-all/isdn raw and control devices. 130 devices :
+ isdn[0-63] isdnctrl[0-63] isdnctrl isdninfo
+
+<tag/serial-cu/serial callout devices. they are only for compatibility,
+most people don't need them. 64 devices : cua[0-63]
+
+<tag/isdn-cu/isdn call out devices. they are only for compatibility,
+most people don't need them. 64 devices : cui[0-7]
+<tag/isdn-cu-all/isdn call out devices. they are only for compatibility,
+most people don't need them. 64 devices : cui[0-63]
+
+<tag/chase{-cu}/devices for chase serial card (append -cu to create
+call out devices). 32 devices ttyH[0-31] (cuh[0-31])
+
+<tag/cyclades{-cu}/devices for cyclades serial card (append -cu to create
+call out devices). 32 devices ttyC[0-31] (cub[0-31])
+
+<tag/digiboard{-cu}/devices for digiboard serial card (append -cu to create
+call out devices). 32 devices ttyD[0-31] (cud[0-31])
+
+<tag/stallion{-cu}/devices for stallion serial card (append -cu to create
+callout devices). 32 devices ttyE[0-31] (cue[0-31])
+
+<tag/stallion-mem/devices to access stallion serial card. 4 devices
+stallionmem[0-3]
+
+<tag/specialix{-cu}/devices for specialix serial card (append -cu to create
+call out devices). 32 devices ttyX[0-31] (cux[0-31])
+
+<tag/rockport{-cu}/devices for rockport serial card (append -cu to create
+call out devices). 32 devices ttyR[0-31] (cur[0-31])
+
+<tag/riscom{-cu}/devices for riscom serial card (append -cu to create
+call out devices). 32 devices ttyL[0-31] (cul[0-31])
+
+<tag/hayes{-cu}/devices for hayes serial card (append -cu to create
+call out devices). 32 devices ttyP[0-31] (cup[0-31])
+
+<tag/baycom/devices for baycom radio modem. 32 devices bc[0-31]
+
+<tag/computone{-cu}/devices for computone intelliport II serial card
+(append -cu to create call out devices). 32 devices ttyF[0-31]
+(cuf[0-31])
+
+<tag/computone-ctrl/devices to access computone intelliport II serial
+card. 8 devices ip2ipl[0-3] and ip2stat[0-3]
+
+<tag/dcbri/spellcaster datacomm\/bri isdn card. 4 devices dcbri[0-3]
+<tag/specialix{-cu}/devices for specialix IO8+ serial card. 32 devices
+ttyW[0-31] (cuw[0-32])
+<tag/pam{-cu}/devices for PAM Software's mulitmodem boards. 32 devices
+ttyM[0-31] (cum[0-31])
+</descrip>
+
+<sect1> misc devices <p>
+
+<descrip>
+<tag/pty[p-za-e]/master pty devices. 16 devices pty?[0-9a-f] each
+<tag/tty[p-za-e]/slave tty devices. 16 devices pty?[0-9a-f] each
+<tag/floppy-all/generic only includes the fd0 and fd1 devices. this way
+you can generate devices for the 3rd ... 8th floppies. i recommend to
+install fdutils and use MAKEFLOPPIES to create the floppy devices you
+need. 30 devices each fd[0-7]*
+
+<tag/framebuffer/universal frame buffer (68k,sparc).
+ 22 devices fb0* fb1*
+<tag/other-arch/amigamouse, atarimouse, sunmouse, openprom, kbd
+<tag/double/"double" compressed disk. 16 devices [c]double[0-7]
+<tag/ez[a-d]/syquest ex135 parallel port removable drive.
+ 20 partitions each
+<tag/ed[ab]/mca esdi hard disk. 20 partitions ed?* each
+
+<tag/sbpcd[234]/2nd,3rd,4th sound blaster cdrom controller. 4 devices sbpcdXX each
+<tag/mscdex/MSCDEX CD-ROM callback support. 4 devices dos_cd[0-3]
+<tag/cm205cd/cm205 cdrom devices (not supported in 2.x).
+ 2 device cm205cd lmscd
+<tag/ad[a-p]/acsi disc\/cdrom (68k\/atari). 16 devices ad?* each
+<tag/gs4500/genius 4500 handheld scanner. 1 device gs4500
+<tag/slm/atari sm asci laser printer (68k\/atari). 4 devices slm[0-3]
+<tag/ht/ide tape. 2 devices ht0 nht0
+<tag/z2ram/zorro II ramdisk. 1 device z2ram
+<tag/cfs/coda network file-system.
+ 1 device cfs0
+<tag/dtlk/DoubleTalk PC speech synthesizer, from RC Systems. 1 device dtlk
+
+<tag/ibcs2/ibcs2 devices as described in "Linux Allocated Devices".
+you need to create the directory /dev/inet before running makedev.
+ibcs2-unoff has lots more devices (i don't know if all are needed, or
+not. in doubt use ibcs2-unoff). 9 devices (socksys spx nfsd X0R inet/*).
+
+<tag/ibcs2-unoff/ibcs2 devices as described in the ibcs2 package. you
+need to create the directories "X" and "inet" before creating these
+devices. 74 devices (arp egp ggp icmp ip ipip pup rawip rip tcp udp nfsd
+X0R socksys spx pty[10-47] inet/* X/*)
+
+<tag/nvram/some special m68k hardware ? 1 device nvram
+
+<tag/system-sgi/devices for linux/sgi. 5 devices graphics opengl gfx
+input/mouse input/keyboard
+
+<tag/nb/network block devices. 8 devices nb*
+<tag/ftl/flash translatio layer (FTL) filesystems. max. 16 drives a-p
+with each 15 partitions (like scsi disks sd*).
+<tag/qng/Quantum Noice Generator. 1 device qng
+<tag/at200/Photometrics AT200 CCD camera. 1 device at200
+<tag/bttv/Brooktree Bt848 frame grabbers. 12 devices bttv[0-3]
+bttvc[0-3] bttv-vbi[0-3]
+<tag/winradio/WiNRADiO communications receiver card. 4 devices
+winradio[0-3]
+<tag/videotext/Teletext/videotext interfaces 2 devices vtx vttuner
+<tag/ihcp/ikon 1011[57] Versatec Greensheet Interface. 2devices ihcp[0-1]
+<tag/shimq/Linux/SGI shared memory input queue. 5 devices shmiq
+qcntl[0-3]
+<tag/sch/SCSI media changer. 8 devices sch[0-7]
+<tag/controla/Sony control-a1 stereo control bus.
+</descrip>
+
+<sect1> sound <p>
+<descrip>
+<tag/mpu401/mpu401 MIDI data & status ports.
+ 2 devices mpu401{data,stat}
+<tag/tclmidi/tclmidi midi driver.
+ 12 devices midi[0-3] rmidi[0-3] smpte[0-3]
+</descrip>
+
+<sect1> misc <p>
+<descrip>
+<tag/wvisfgrab/quanta winvision frame grabber.
+ 1 device wvisfrab
+<tag/mmetfgrab/matrox meteor frame grabber.
+ 1 device mmetfgrab
+<tag/ml16p[abc]/ml-16p experimental i\/o board.
+ 20 device ml16p?* each
+<tag/scc/Z8530 HDLC driver. 8 devices scc[0-7]
+<tag/rom/rom\/flash memory card.
+ 32 devices rom[0-7] rrom[0-7] flash[0-7] rflash[0-7]
+<tag/netlink/netlink support. 2 devices route skip
+<tag/mlanai/myricom pci myrinet board. 8 devices mlanai[0-7]
+<tag/yamm/yet another micro monitor. 1 device yamm
+<tag/bdm/bdm interface for remote debugging MC683xx mc.
+ 6 devices pd_bdm[0-2] icd_bdm[0-2]
+<tag/holter/electrocardiognosis holter serial port.
+ 3 devices holter[0-2]
+<tag/dsp56k/dsp56001 digital signal processor.
+ 1 device dsp56k
+<tag/adbus/apple desktop bus. this was disabled, because it clashes with
+ab[b], the second acsi device (m68k/atari acsi disk).
+ 1 device adb
+<tag/firewall/sf firewall package.
+ 1 device firewall
+<tag/plink/sundance plink transputer boards.
+ 12 devices [r]plink[0-3][d]
+<tag/enskip/enskip kernel encryption package
+<tag/yppcpci/yarc powerpc pci coprocessor card
+<tag/capi20/CAPI 2.0 interface.
+ 21 devices capi20 capi20.[01-19]
+<tag/ma16/ma16 numeric accelerator card
+<tag/aps/spellcaster protocol service interface.
+ 7 devices aps*
+<tag/sci/dolphin interconnect solutions' pci-sci bridge.
+ 4 devices SCI\/[0-3]
+</descrip>
+
+<sect> compatibility <p>
+
+not all devices have a standard device name shared by all linux
+distributions, and many names have changed in the past. here is a list,
+so you can find new names, create the old devices (if you want), or
+remove them (to get rid of duplicates).
+
+<descrip>
+<tag/call out devices/cu* devices are not created by default. but you
+can create or remove them : serial-cu chase-cu cyclades-cu digiboard-cu
+stallion-cu specialix-cu isdn-cu rockport-cu riscom-cu hayes-cu
+computone-cu
+<tag/printer-old/parallel port devices, standard name is lp[0-3], not par[0-3]
+<tag/mouse-old/(bus-)mouse devices : logimouse(logibm) psmouse(psaux)
+msmouse(inportbm) atimouse(atibm) jmouse(jbm)
+<tag/sr-old/scsi cdrom devices (now called scd)
+<tag/qic-old/qic streamer devices : nqt qt nqt11 qt11 nqt24 qt24 nqt120
+qt120 nqt150 qt150 qt-reset
+<tag/misc-old/for standardized names, some devices got renamed. old :
+midi, sbpcd, aztcd0, vcs0, lmscd, ramdisk
+new : midi00, sbpcd0, aztcd, vcs, ram0, cm205cd, ram0
+<tag/sg-old/scsi generic devices now use numbers (sg[0-7]), not letters
+sg[a-h])
+<tag/isdn-old/an old version created ipp* devices. this was a typo, they
+are called ippp*
+</descrip>
+
+i left some links : even if they are for compatibility, removing them
+might break existing software.
+
+<descrip>
+<tag/isdnctrl/link to "isdnctrl0"
+<tag/mfd0/m68k amiga hd floppy device
+</descrip>
+
+<sect> note about console and tty0 <p>
+
+New standard is : /dev/tty0 is a device (char,4,0).
+console should be a symlink : to tty0, or whatever your console is.
+If it is not a symlink, makedev will replace it with a symlink to tty0.
+Someday there will be a kernel managed device /dev/console to handle
+this (it will be char 5 1).
+
+</article>
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