Perle Systems RIO 5500036-17 - Manual (Page 256)

RIO Remote I/O System User Guide
RIO system commands under Solaris/Linux/LynxOS
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Chapter 5 RIO command line utilities
riomkdev
Operating systems Available under: Solaris, Linux and LynxOS.
Function Generates or deletes system port devices from the rio.cf settings.
Syntax riomkdev [-c file] [-f] [-h] [-rname or unique num] [-v]
riomkdev [-c file] [-f] [-h] [-rname or unique num] [-v] -x
riomkdev [-c file] [-f] [-h] [-rname or unique num] [-v] -d
Argument
descriptions
Examples riomkdev -f creates port device nodes for all RTAs and ports specified in the /etc/rio/rio.cf
file. Typically this is used by the /etc/rioconfig script to automatically generate device nodes
for newly attached RTAs.
Solaris When using riomkdev under Solaris please note the following
Argument Description
[-c file] Specifies an alternative configuration file.
[-f] Unlinks any existing device nodes before the new devices
are created.
[-h] Prints a usage message and exits.
[-rname or unique num] Specifies the RTA whose devices should be created or
deleted.
[-v] Sends error messages and warnings to the standard error
file descriptor.
-x Create or deletes transparent print devices.
-d Deletes all specified devices if they exist.
Solaris
The RIO Solaris driver generates terminal, modem and transparent print device nodes
for each specified terminal device. That is, for a specified terminal device
/dev/term/
r001 , the following devices nodes are generated:
/dev/term/r001 for a terminal device
/dev/cua/r001 for a modem device
/dev/xprt/r001 for a transparent print device