mkdevmaps

- make device_maps entries

Synopsis

/usr/sbin/mkdevmaps 

Description

The mkdevmaps command writes to standard out a set of device_maps(4) entries describing the system's frame buffer, audio, and removable media devices.

The mkdevmaps command is used by the device allocation service:

svc:/system/device/allocate:default

...to create or update the device_maps(4) file. The device allocation service is managed by smf(5) and described in device_allocate(1M).

Entries are generated based on the device special files found in /dev. For the different categories of devices, the mkdevmaps command checks for the following files under /dev:

audio           /dev/audio, /dev/audioctl, /dev/sound/...
tape            /dev/rst*, /dev/nrst*, /dev/rmt/...
removable disk  /dev/dsk/c0t?d0s?, /dev/rdsk/c0t?d0s?
frame buffer    /dev/fb

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

See Also

allocate(1), device_allocate(1M), device_maps(4), attributes(5), smf(5)

Notes

mkdevmaps might not be supported in a future release of the Solaris operating system.