mkdevalloc(1M)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | ATTRIBUTES | OPTIONS | FILES | SUMMARY OF TRUSTED SOLARIS CHANGES | SEE ALSO

NAME

mkdevdb, mkdevalloc, mkdevmaps– make device_allocate and device_maps entries

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/mkdevdb [-a | -m]
/usr/sbin/mkdevalloc
/usr/sbin/mkdevmaps

DESCRIPTION

The mkdevdb command writes by default to the /etc/security/device_allocate and /etc/security/device_maps files a set of device_allocate(4) and device_maps(4) entries describing the system's frame buffer, audio and removable media devices.

The mkdevdb command is used by the init.d(4) scripts and utilities such as devfsadm(1M) to create or update the /etc/security/device_allocate and /etc/security/device_maps files. If either option is specified, mkdevdb writes to standard out only the specified file. If neither option is specified, mkdevdb writes both files.

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. Its use is deprecated.

The mkdevalloc command writes to standard out a set of device_allocate(4) entries describing the system's frame buffer, audio and removable media devices. Its use is deprecated.

Entries are generated based on the device special files found in /dev:

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

ATTRIBUTES

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

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNWcsu
Interface Stability	mkdevalloc — Obsolete  mkdevmaps — Obsolete

OPTIONS

-a

Write device_allocate on standard out. For the different categories of devices, the mkdevdb command checks the device special files found in /dev.

All entries set the device-minimum and device-maximum fields to the hex representations of ADMIN_LOW and ADMIN_HIGH, respectively. The device-authorization field is set to solaris.device.allocate, except for the framebuffer entry, where it is set to *. The device-name, device-type and device-clean fields are set to the following values:

                device-name      device-type   device-clean

audio           audio            audio        audio_clean_wrapper
tape            mag_tape_0,...   st           st_clean
floppy          floppy_0,...     fd           disk_clean
cd              cdrom_0,...      sr           disk_clean
removable disk  rdisk_0,...      sr           disk_clean
frame buffer    framebuffer      fb           /bin/true

-m

Write device_maps on standard out. For the different categories of devices, the mkdevmaps command checks the device special files found in /dev.

FILES

The following files are used by the mkdevdb command:

/etc/security/device_allocate

Administrative file defining parameters for device allocation

/etc/security/device_maps

Administrative file defining the mapping of device special files to allocatable device names

/dev/*

Device special files

SUMMARY OF TRUSTED SOLARIS CHANGES

The fb device is added. The names of some devices are changed:

Device          Solaris Name     Trusted Solaris Name

tape              st0,st1,...    mag_tape_0,mag_tape_1,...
floppy            fd0,fd1,...    floppy_0,floppy_1,...
removable disk    sr0,sr1,...    cdrom_0,cdrom_1,...

SEE ALSO

Trusted Solaris 8 HW 12/02 Reference Manual

allocate(1), deallocate(1), device_allocate(4), device_maps(4)

SunOS 5.8 Reference Manual

attributes(5)

Trusted Solaris 8 HW 12/02  Last Revised 8 June 2001

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | ATTRIBUTES | OPTIONS | FILES | SUMMARY OF TRUSTED SOLARIS CHANGES | SEE ALSO