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1.1       root        1: .TH MKNOD 8
                      2: .CT 1 sa_nonmortals
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: mknod \- construct special file
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B /etc/mknod
                      7: .I name
                      8: [
                      9: .B c
                     10: ]
                     11: [
                     12: .B b
                     13: ]
                     14: .I major
                     15: .I minor
                     16: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     17: .I Mknod
                     18: makes a special file.
                     19: The first argument is the
                     20: .I name
                     21: of the entry.
                     22: The second is
                     23: .B b
                     24: to make a file for a block device,
                     25: .B c
                     26: to make a character device.
                     27: The last two arguments are
                     28: numbers specifying the
                     29: .I major
                     30: device type
                     31: and the
                     32: .I minor
                     33: device (e.g. unit, drive, or line number).
                     34: .PP
                     35: Minor devices are specific to each device driver;
                     36: see the writeups in Section 4.
                     37: The assignment of major device numbers
                     38: varies with the implementation.
                     39: Here are some conventional ones
                     40: in the system used on VAXes:
                     41: .SS "Block devices
                     42: .de DV
                     43: .ie '\\$3''\\$1        \\$2
                     44: .el\{.
                     45: \\$1   \\$2,
                     46: .IR "\\$3" "(\\$4)"
                     47: \}
                     48: .br
                     49: ..
                     50: .DV 0 "MASSBUS SMD disk"
                     51: .DV 1 "block TE16 tape" mt 4
                     52: .DV 2 "UNIBUS SMD disk"
                     53: .DV 3 "VAX 8550 console disk"
                     54: .DV 7 "MSCP disk" ra 4
                     55: .DV 8 "block TU78 tape" mt 4
                     56: .DV 10 "block TMSCP tape" mt 4
                     57: .SS "Character devices
                     58: .DV 0 "console terminal" console 4
                     59: .DV 1 "DZ11 serial interface"
                     60: .DV 2 "VAX-11/750 console tape"
                     61: .DV 3 "memory, null device" "mem, null" 4
                     62: .DV 4 "raw MASSBUS SMD disk"
                     63: .DV 5 "TE16 tape" mt 4
                     64: .DV 7 "interleaved swap devices" drum 4
                     65: .DV 8 "VAX-11/780 console floppy"
                     66: .DV 12 "raw VAX 8550 console disk"
                     67: .DV 13 "raw UNIBUS SMD disk"
                     68: .DV 14 "DEBNA Ethernet controller" ethernet 4
                     69: .DV 17 "DR11-C Datakit interface" dk 4
                     70: .DV 22 "TU78 tape" mt 4
                     71: .DV 26 "KMC11-B control interface" kmc 4
                     72: .DV 28 "raw MSCP disk" ra 4
                     73: .DV 31 "KMC11-B protocol-support Datakit interface" dk 4
                     74: .DV 40 "file descriptor device" fd 4
                     75: .DV 42 "IP protocol endpoints"
                     76: .DV 43 "TCP protocol endpoints"
                     77: .DV 44 "Interlan NI1010A Ethernet controller" ethernet 4
                     78: .DV 50 "UDP protocol endpoints"
                     79: .DV 57 "DHV11 serial line controller"
                     80: .DV 58 "DEQNA Ethernet controller" ethernet 4
                     81: .DV 59 "TMSCP tape" mt 4
                     82: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     83: .IR mknod (2)

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