Section 4: Special Files

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Section index

A

apm(4)
Alliance ProMotion video driver
ati(4)
ATI video driver

C

chips(4)
Chips and Technologies video driver
cirrus(4)
Cirrus Logic video driver
console_codes(4)
Linux console escape and control sequences
console_ioctl(4)
(unknown subject)
cpuid(4)
x86 CPUID access device

D

dsp56k(4)
DSP56001 interface device

E

epoll(4)
I/O event notification facility
evdev(4)
Generic Linux input driver
exa(4)
new 2D acceleration architecture for X.Org

F

fbdev(4)
video driver for framebuffer device
fbdevhw(4)
os-specific submodule for framebuffer device access
fifo(4)
first-in first-out special file, named pipe
full(4)
always full device
futex(4)
Fast Userspace Locking

H

hd(4)
MFM/IDE hard disk devices

I

i128(4)
Number 9 I128 Xorg video driver
initrd(4)
boot loader initialized RAM disk
intel(4)
Intel integrated graphics chipsets
intro(4)
Introduction to special files

K

kmem(4)
system memory, kernel memory and system ports

L

lp(4)
line printer devices

M

mem(4)
system memory, kernel memory and system ports
mga(4)
Matrox video driver
mouse(4)
serial mouse interface
mousedrv(4)
Xorg mouse input driver
msr(4)
x86 CPU MSR access device

N

neomagic(4)
Neomagic video driver
null(4)
data sink
nv(4)
NVIDIA video driver

O

openchrome(4)
video driver for VIA Unichromes

P

port(4)
system memory, kernel memory and system ports
ptmx(4)
(unknown subject)
pts(4)
(unknown subject)

R

r128(4)
ATI Rage 128 video driver
radeon(4)
ATI RADEON video driver
ram(4)
ram disk device
random(4)
kernel random number source devices
rendition(4)
Rendition video driver
rtc(4)
real-time clock

S

s3(4)
S3 video driver
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 and XGI video driver
sisusb(4)
SiS USB video driver
sk98lin(4)
Marvell/SysKonnect Gigabit Ethernet driver v6.21
st(4)
SCSI tape device
synaptics(4)
Synaptics touchpad input driver

T

tdfx(4)
3Dfx video driver
trident(4)
Trident video driver
tseng(4)
Tseng Labs video driver
tty(4)
controlling terminal
tty_ioctl(4)
(unknown subject)
ttyS(4)
serial terminal lines
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
vmmouse(4)
VMware Mouse input driver
vmware(4)
VMware SVGA video driver
voodoo(4)
Voodoo video driver

W

wacom(4)
Wacom input driver
wavelan(4)
AT&T GIS WaveLAN ISA device driver

Z

zero(4)
data sink

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