introduction to special files NAME intro - introduction to special files DESCRIPTION Section 4 of the manual describes special files (devices). FILES /dev/* — device files NOTES Au…data sink NAME null, zero - data sink DESCRIPTION Data written to the /dev/null and /dev/zero special files is discarded. Reads from /dev/null always return end of file (i.e., read…data sink NAME null, zero - data sink DESCRIPTION Data written to the /dev/null and /dev/zero special files is discarded. Reads from /dev/null always return end of file (i.e., read…x86 CPU MSR access device NAME msr - x86 CPU MSR access device DESCRIPTION /dev/cpu/CPUNUM/msr provides an interface to read and write the model-specific registers (MSRs) of an x86…x86 CPUID access device NAME cpuid - x86 CPUID access device DESCRIPTION CPUID provides an interface for querying information about the x86 CPU. This device is accessed by lseek (2…pseudoterminal master and slave NAME ptmx, pts - pseudoterminal master and slave DESCRIPTION The file /dev/ptmx (the pseudoterminal multiplexor device) is a character file with maj…pseudoterminal master and slave NAME ptmx, pts - pseudoterminal master and slave DESCRIPTION The file /dev/ptmx (the pseudoterminal multiplexor device) is a character file with maj…boot loader initialized RAM disk NAME initrd - boot loader initialized RAM disk CONFIGURATION /dev/initrd is a read-only block device assigned major number 1 and minor number 250. …AT&T GIS WaveLAN ISA device driver NAME wavelan - AT&T GIS WaveLAN ISA device driver SYNOPSIS insmod wavelan_cs.o [io= B,B.. ] [ irq= I,I.. ] [name= N,N.. ] DESCRIPTION This driver…kernel random number source devices NAME random, urandom - kernel random number source devices SYNOPSIS #include <linux/random.h> int ioctl( fd , RND request , param ); DESCRIPTION…kernel random number source devices NAME random, urandom - kernel random number source devices SYNOPSIS #include <linux/random.h> int ioctl( fd , RND request , param ); DESCRIPTION…real-time clock NAME rtc - real-time clock SYNOPSIS #include <linux/rtc.h> int ioctl( fd , RTC_ request , param ); DESCRIPTION This is the interface to drivers for real-time clocks…Microchip Smart Storage SCSI driver NAME smartpqi - Microchip Smart Storage SCSI driver SYNOPSIS modprobe smartpqi [ disable_device_id_wildcards= { 0 | 1 }] [ disable_heartbeat= { …Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) device NAME fuse - Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) device SYNOPSIS #include <linux/fuse.h> DESCRIPTION This device is the primary interface between th…Linux console escape and control sequences NAME console_codes - Linux console escape and control sequences DESCRIPTION The Linux console implements a large subset of the VT102 and …SCSI tape device NAME st - SCSI tape device SYNOPSIS #include <sys/mtio.h> int ioctl(int fd , int request [, (void *) arg3 ]); int ioctl(int fd , MTIOCTOP, (struct mtop *) mt_cmd )…