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Note: this man page could probably use some updating to reflect the list of devices that MAKEDEV now supports.
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diff --git a/share/man/man8/man8.alpha/MAKEDEV.8 b/share/man/man8/man8.alpha/MAKEDEV.8
index fc3964f..62a21aa 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/man8.alpha/MAKEDEV.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/man8.alpha/MAKEDEV.8
@@ -31,74 +31,61 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)MAKEDEV.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
.\"
-.TH MAKEDEV 8 "June 5, 1993"
-.UC 7
-.SH NAME
-MAKEDEV \- create system and device special files
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-MAKEDEV name ...
-.SH DESCRIPTION
+.Dd June 5, 1993
+.Dt MAKEDEV 8
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm MAKEDEV
+.Nd create system and device special files
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+name ...
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
The shell script
-.IR MAKEDEV ,
+.Nm
found in the ``/dev'' directory, is used to create the common special
files.
See
-.IR intro (4)
+.Xr intro 4
for a more complete discussion of special files.
-.PP
-.I MAKEDEV
+.Pp
+.Nm
takes any number of device names as arguments, where the names are
the common abbreviation for the device.
There are two special devices, ``std'' and ``local''.
The former creates the standard devices for the architecture.
The latter is for devices specific to the local site, and
executes the shell file ``MAKEDEV.local''.
-.PP
+.Pp
The i386 supports the following devices.
Where a device name is followed by a hash sign (``#''), the hash sign
must be replaced by a unit number.
-.TP 10
-std
+.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It std
the standard devices (console, drum, fd/*, klog, kmem, mem, null,
stderr, stdin, stdout, tty)
-.br
-.ns
-.TP 10
-local
+.It local
configuration specific devices
-.br
-.ns
-.TP 10
-tty#
+.It tty#
standard PC COM ports
-.br
-.ns
-.TP 10
-fd#
+.It fd#
``floppy'' disk drives (3 1/2, 5 1/4)
-.br
-.ns
-.TP 10
-pty#
+.It pty#
set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals
-.br
-.ns
-.TP 10
-sd#
-``winchester'' disk drives (SCSI).
-.br
-.ns
-.TP 10
-wd#
+.It sd#
+SCSI disk drives
+.It st#
+SCSI tape drives
+.It wd#
``winchester'' disk drives (ST506, IDE, ESDI, RLL etc.)
-.br
-.ns
-.TP 10
-wt#
+.It wt#
QIC-interfaced (e.g. not SCSI) 3M cartridge tape
-.SH FILES
-/dev The special file directory.
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.IR intro (4),
-.IR config (8),
-.IR mknod (8)
+.El
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /dev/xxxx -compact
+.It Pa /dev
+The special file directory.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr intro 4
+.Xr config 8 ,
+.Xr mknod 8
diff --git a/share/man/man8/man8.i386/MAKEDEV.8 b/share/man/man8/man8.i386/MAKEDEV.8
index fc3964f..62a21aa 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/man8.i386/MAKEDEV.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/man8.i386/MAKEDEV.8
@@ -31,74 +31,61 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)MAKEDEV.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
.\"
-.TH MAKEDEV 8 "June 5, 1993"
-.UC 7
-.SH NAME
-MAKEDEV \- create system and device special files
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-MAKEDEV name ...
-.SH DESCRIPTION
+.Dd June 5, 1993
+.Dt MAKEDEV 8
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm MAKEDEV
+.Nd create system and device special files
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+name ...
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
The shell script
-.IR MAKEDEV ,
+.Nm
found in the ``/dev'' directory, is used to create the common special
files.
See
-.IR intro (4)
+.Xr intro 4
for a more complete discussion of special files.
-.PP
-.I MAKEDEV
+.Pp
+.Nm
takes any number of device names as arguments, where the names are
the common abbreviation for the device.
There are two special devices, ``std'' and ``local''.
The former creates the standard devices for the architecture.
The latter is for devices specific to the local site, and
executes the shell file ``MAKEDEV.local''.
-.PP
+.Pp
The i386 supports the following devices.
Where a device name is followed by a hash sign (``#''), the hash sign
must be replaced by a unit number.
-.TP 10
-std
+.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It std
the standard devices (console, drum, fd/*, klog, kmem, mem, null,
stderr, stdin, stdout, tty)
-.br
-.ns
-.TP 10
-local
+.It local
configuration specific devices
-.br
-.ns
-.TP 10
-tty#
+.It tty#
standard PC COM ports
-.br
-.ns
-.TP 10
-fd#
+.It fd#
``floppy'' disk drives (3 1/2, 5 1/4)
-.br
-.ns
-.TP 10
-pty#
+.It pty#
set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals
-.br
-.ns
-.TP 10
-sd#
-``winchester'' disk drives (SCSI).
-.br
-.ns
-.TP 10
-wd#
+.It sd#
+SCSI disk drives
+.It st#
+SCSI tape drives
+.It wd#
``winchester'' disk drives (ST506, IDE, ESDI, RLL etc.)
-.br
-.ns
-.TP 10
-wt#
+.It wt#
QIC-interfaced (e.g. not SCSI) 3M cartridge tape
-.SH FILES
-/dev The special file directory.
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.IR intro (4),
-.IR config (8),
-.IR mknod (8)
+.El
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /dev/xxxx -compact
+.It Pa /dev
+The special file directory.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr intro 4
+.Xr config 8 ,
+.Xr mknod 8
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