Section 4: Special Files

A

apm(4)

Alliance ProMotion video driver

C

chips(4)

Chips and Technologies video driver

cirrus(4)

Cirrus Logic video driver

citron(4)

Citron Infrared Touch Driver (CiTouch)

conserver.cf(4)

console configuration file for conserver(8)

conserver.passwd(4)

user access information for conserver(8)

console(4)

console terminal and virtual consoles

console ioctl(4)

ioctl's for console terminal and virtual consoles

console ioctl's(4)

ioctl's for console terminal and virtual consoles

console_codes(4)

Linux console escape and control sequences

console_ioctl(4)

ioctl's for console terminal and virtual consoles

console_ioctls(4)

ioctl's for console terminal and virtual consoles

cyrix(4)

Cyrix video driver

D

dsp56k(4)

DSP56001 interface device

dynapro(4)

Dynapro input driver

E

elographics(4)

Elographics input driver

F

fbdev(4)

video driver for framebuffer device

fbdevhw(4)

os-specific submodule for framebuffer device access

fd(4)

floppy disk device

fifo(4)

first-in first-out special file, named pipe

full(4)

always full device

G

glide(4)

Glide video driver

glint(4)

GLINT/Permedia video driver

glutSolidTetrahedron(3xglut)

render a solid or wireframe tetrahedron (4-sided regular solid) respectively.

glutWireTetrahedron(3xglut)

render a solid or wireframe tetrahedron (4-sided regular solid) respectively.

H

hd(4)

MFM/IDE hard disk devices

I

i128(4)

Number 9 I128 video driver

i740(4)

Intel i740 video driver

i810(4)

Intel i810 video driver

imstt(4)

Integrated Micro Solutions Twin Turbo 128 driver

initrd(4)

boot loader initialized RAM disk

intro(4)

Introduction to special files

ipfw(4)

IP firewall

ipfw-ipchainsalternative(4)

IP firewall

ipfw_chains(4)

IP firewall

K

keyboard(4)

Keyboard input driver

kmem(4)

system memory, kernel memory and system ports

L

libexslt(4)

extension library for XSLT

libxslt(4)

library used to do XSL transformations on XML documents

lp(4)

line printer devices

M

md(4)

Multiple Device driver aka Linux Software Raid

mem(4)

system memory, kernel memory and system ports

mga(4)

Matrox video driver

microtouch(4)

MicroTouch input driver

MIFF(4)

Magick Image File Format is a platform-independent format for storing bitmap images.

miff(4)

Magick Image File Format is a platform-independent format for storing bitmap images.

mouse(4)

serial mouse interface

mouse(4)

Mouse input driver

mutouch(4)

Microtouch input driver

N

neomagic(4)

Neomagic video driver

null(4)

data sink

nv(4)

NVIDIA video driver

P

port(4)

system memory, kernel memory and system ports

R

r128(4)

ATI Rage 128 video driver

ram(4)

ram disk device

random(4)

kernel random number source devices

rendition(4)

Rendition video driver

S

s3virge(4)

S3 ViRGE video driver

savage(4)

S3 Savage video driver

sd(4)

Driver for SCSI Disk Drives

siliconmotion(4)

Silicon Motion video driver

sis(4)

SiS video driver

st(4)

SCSI tape device

swish++.conf(4)

SWISH++ configuration file format

swish++.index(4)

SWISH++ index file format

T

tdfx(4)

3Dfx video driver

trident(4)

Trident video driver

tseng(4)

Tseng Labs video driver

tty(4)

controlling terminal

ttys(4)

serial terminal lines

U

urandom(4)

kernel random number source devices

V

v4l(4)

video4linux driver

vcs(4)

virtual console memory

vcsa(4)

virtual console memory

vesa(4)

Generic VESA video driver

vga(4)

Generic VGA video driver

vmware(4)

VMware SVGA video driver

void(4)

null input driver

W

wacom(4)

Wacom input driver

wavelan(4)

AT&T GIS WaveLAN ISA device driver

Z

zero(4)

data sink