loaded as a module. DESCRIPTION The special file /dev/initrd is a read-only block device ... usual boot sequence. (5) If the executable file /linuxrc is present in the initial rootdaemon is the server. After obtaining a file descriptor for this device, the daemon ... read (2) requests from that file descriptor and is expected to write (2) backkernel's random number generator. The file /dev/random has major device number 1 and minor ... device number 8. The file /dev/urandom has major device number 1 and minor device num…kernel's random number generator. The file /dev/random has major device number 1 and minor ... device number 8. The file /dev/urandom has major device number 1 and minor device num…blocks of a regular file in a filesystem or to another block device. This ... filesystem image stored in a file, so that it can be mounted with the mountblocks of a regular file in a filesystem or to another block device. This ... filesystem image stored in a file, so that it can be mounted with the mountfollowing read returns data from the next file. The end of recorded data is signaled ... option modifies the driver behavior when a file is closed. The normal actionpseudoterminal master and slave DESCRIPTION The file /dev/ptmx (the pseudoterminal multiplexor device) is a character ... file with major number 5 and minor number 2, usually with …pseudoterminal master and slave DESCRIPTION The file /dev/ptmx (the pseudoterminal multiplexor device) is a character ... file with major number 5 and minor number 2, usually with …later re-enable) the timeout on the file descriptor. • In Linux 4.15 and earlier: timeout ... LIRC_SET_REC_TIMEOUT ) on any file descriptor associated with the lirc deviceports DESCRIPTION /dev/mem is a character device file that is an image of the main ... areas which can be accessed through this file. For example: on x86, RAM accessports DESCRIPTION /dev/mem is a character device file that is an image of the main ... areas which can be accessed through this file. For example: on x86, RAM accessports DESCRIPTION /dev/mem is a character device file that is an image of the main ... areas which can be accessed through this file. For example: on x86, RAM accessNAME tty - controlling terminal DESCRIPTION The file /dev/tty is a character file with major number ... This ioctl (2) call works only on file descriptors connected to /dev/tty . I…register access is done by opening the file and seeking to the MSR number ... offset in the file, and then reading or writing in chunks of 8 byteslevels. The lower 32 bits of the file position is used as the incoming ... upper 32 bits of the file position as the incoming %ecx , the latter is intendeddescribed in the Linux kernel source file include/linux/cciss_ioctl.h . CCISS_DEREGDISK CCISS_REGNEWDISK CCISS_REGNEWD These ... normally have to write to this file. Doing so may b…following ioctl (2) requests are defined on file descriptors connected to RTC devices ... above the value specified in /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq . (This file contains the val…/sys/bus/pci/devices/ dev /cciss X /rescan When this file is written to, the driver rescans ... value of 1 displayed in this file indicates that the "reset_devices=1" kernel parame…chown root:root /dev/full DESCRIPTION The file /dev/full has major device number 1 and minor