Part VII Section 7: Device (Special) Files

Table of Contents

Introduction

intro(7) - introduction to device special files

a

arp(7P) - Address Resolution Protocol

autochanger(7) - SCSI interfaces for medium changer device and magneto-optical autochanger surface device

b

blmode(7) - terminal block mode interface

c

cent(7) - Centronics-compatible interface

clone(7) - opens a major and minor device pair on a STREAMS driver

console(7) - system console interface

d

ddfa(7) - Data Communications and Terminal Controller (DTC) Device File Access (DDFA) software

diag0(7) - diagnostic interface to HP-PB I/O subsystem

diag1(7) - diagnostic interface to the PCI I/O subsystem

diag2(7) - interface for diagnostic logging and interface to processors

disk(7) - direct disk access

dlpi(7) - data link provider interface

f

floppy(7) - direct flexible (floppy) disk access

framebuf(7) - information for raster frame-buffer devices

g

gang_sched(7) - Gang Scheduler

h

hil(7) - HP-HIL device driver

hilkbd(7) - HP-HIL mapped keyboard driver

i

inet(7F) - Internet protocol family

iomap(7) - physical I/O address mapping

IP(7P) - Internet Protocol

ipmi(7) - intelligent platform management interface (IPMI) driver

IPv6(7P) - Internet Protocol Version 6

k

kmem(7) - perform I/O on kernel memory based on symbol name.

l

lan(7) - network I/O card access information

ldterm(7) - standard STREAMS terminal line discipline module

lp(7) - line printer

lvm(7) - Logical Volume Manager (LVM)

m

mem(7) - main memory

modem(7) - asynchronous serial modem line control

mt(7) - magnetic tape interface and controls for stape and tape2

n

ndp(7P) - Neighbor Discovery Protocol

nfs(7) - network file system

null(7) - null file

p

pckt(7) - Packet Mode module for STREAMS pty (pseudo-terminal)

poll(7) - monitor I/O conditions on multiple file descriptors

ps2(7) - PS/2 keyboard/mouse device driver and files

ps2kbd(7) - PS/2 keyboard/mouse device driver and files — see ps2(7)

ps2mouse(7) - PS/2 keyboard/mouse device driver and files — see ps2(7)

ptem(7) - STREAMS pty (pesudo-terminal) Emulation module

ptm(7) - STREAMS master pty (pseudo-terminal) driver

pts(7) - STREAMS slave pty (pseudo-terminal) driver

pty(7) - pseudo terminal driver

r

random(7) - strong random number generator

rng(7) - strong random number generator — see random(7)

routing(7) - system support for local network packet routing

s

sad(7) - STREAMS Administrative Driver

scsi(7) - Small Computer System Interface device drivers

scsi_ctl(7) - SCSI pass-through driver

scsi_disk(7) - SCSI direct access device driver (sdisk)

scsi_tape(7) - SCSI sequential access (tape) device driver

sioc_io(7) - SCSI pass-through interface

slp_syntax(7) - SLP Service Type Syntax

socket(7) - interprocess communications

streamio(7) - STREAMS ioctl commands

strlog(7) - STREAMS log driver

stty(7) - terminal interface for Version 6/PWB compatibility — see sttyv6(7)

sttyv6(7) - terminal interface for Version 6/PWB compatibility

syscon(7) - system console interface — see console(7)

systty(7) - system console interface — see console(7)

t

TCP(7P) - Internet Transmission Control Protocol

telm(7) - STREAMS Telnet slave (pseudo-terminal) driver, STREAMS Telnet master driver (used by telnetd only), respectively — see tels(7)

tels(7) - STREAMS Telnet slave (pseudo-terminal) driver, STREAMS Telnet master driver (used by telnetd only), respectively

termio(7) - general terminal interface

termios(7) - general terminal interface — see termio(7)

termiox(7) - extended general terminal interface

timod(7) - STREAMS module for converting ioctl() calls into Transport Interface messages

tirdwr(7) - STREAMS module for reads and writes by Transport Interface users

tty(7) - controlling terminal interface

u

UDP(7P) - Internet User Datagram Protocol

UNIX(7P) - local communication domain protocol

urandom(7) - strong random number generator — see random(7)

v

vlan(7) - virtual LANs (VLANs)

vxfsio(7) - VxFS file system control functions

x

xopen_networking(7) - X/Open Networking Interfaces

z

zero(7) - zero file