On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Graeme Robinson wrote: > Anyone know where I can find a listing/explanation of all the devices > listed in /dev? > > I've been googleing around with no success, even on ldp.
A partial answer to my own query: "Many of the devices on your system have associated man pages. Figuring out which man page you need, however, isn't always straightforward. If you are unsure what a particular device is used for, you can usually figure out the meaning of the base name. For example, hd for IDE hard disks, sd for SCSI hard disks, fd for floppy drives, and so forth. Often there is a general man page for that type of device, so man sd will call up the page for SCSI type hard drives. Alternatively, you can use the -k option on man to search for a particular keyword. For example, man -k disk will show you all of the man pages that contain the word "disk." Man pages are useful, when they exist. Unfortunately, not all devices have an associated man page. If this is the case, you can usually find some information in the documentation subdirectory in the kernel source tree (typically /usr/src/linux). There, you will find a file called devices.txt, which is a reasonably comprehensive list of the major numbers. Often this file will also list the minor numbers for each device, or at least give an explanation of the related minor numbering scheme. " >From http://www.linux-mag.com/1999-10/guru_03.html -=-=-==-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Graeme Robinson - Graenet consulting www.graenet.com - internet solutions -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==---=-=--=-=-= -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
