On 07-Jul-2000 Walter Williams wrote: > > > Just "makedev lp3"? This is the part that I am a little > vague on. Isn't there parameters to include with this? > How does it know how which piece of hardware it is > intended for? Or am I making this harder (in my head) > than it really is? > > And you said FreeDSB? I'm wanting to do this in Linux. >
it is MAKEDEV (all caps). The script is in /dev and you have to be in /dev when you run it. MAKEDEV reads some magic files and contains some magic data, so when you say 'MAKEDEV sound' it knows to make /dev/dsp, /dev/audio, and /dev/mixer.
