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strsetup.conf(4)
NAME
  strsetup.conf - Configuration file for STREAMS drivers

DESCRIPTION
  The /etc/strsetup.conf file is the configuration file for STREAMS drivers.
  The strsetup.conf file specifies one or more character special files (or
  nodes) to be created when a STREAMS driver is configured into the kernel.
  If the driver is not configured, no character special files are created for
  it.  If an old version of the file exists, the strsetup command removes it
  before the new one is created.

  The /etc/strsetup.conf file is defined as a Context-Dependent Symbolic Link
  (CDSL), and must be maintained as such.  See the System Administration
  manual for more information.

  Each entry in the /etc/strsetup.conf file specifies a driver name, device
  special file name, file mode and minor number.  See the EXAMPLES section
  for a sample strsetup.conf file.

  Each line in the file is of the form:

  driver_name filename file_mode minor_number

  The fields have the following meanings:

  driver_name
      Specifies the name of the driver as reported by the strsetup -c
      command.	This field is used to match the names read by the strsetup
      command from the kernel and must match exactly (the match is case
      sensitive).

  filename
      Specifies the full path name of the character special file or files to
      be created when driver_name is configured into the kernel.  The
      filename can contain one conversion specifier in the style of
      printf(3).  This conversion is used to include a minor device number in
      the filename.  The permitted conversions are the following:

      %d  Prints the minor number as a signed decimal

      %x  Prints the minor number as a hexadecimal with lower case letters

      %X  Prints the minor number hexadecimal with uppercase letters

      %o  Prints octal

      %u  Prints the minor number as an unsigned decimal

      %i  Prints the minor number as a signed decimal
  Note that you must use a double percent sign (%%) to include a percent sign
  in the filename.  Optionally, each of these conversions can include a
  specification for some number of leading 0's.
  This is done by following the % with a 0 and one or more digits specifying
  the total number of digits to be printed.  The 0 must appear after the %.
  See the printf(3) reference page for more information.
  Any directories in the path of the filename that do not exist are created.

  file_mode
      Specifies the file mode assigned to the file when it is created.	The
      file_mode field must always be in octal.	The file is always created as
      a character special file.

  minor_number
      Specifies the minor device number field.	The strsetup command reads
      the major device numbers from the kernel.	 This field indicates to the
      strsetup command how to assign minor device numbers.  This minor_number
      field can contain the one of the following values:

      clone
	  Indicates that the device should be created as a clone device.  In
	  this case the major number becomes that of the special clone
	  pseudo-device driver and the minor device number becomes the
	  device's major number.  Note that the word clone must be lowercase.

      N	  Creates a single device with the minor device number N.  Note that
	  N is a decimal number.

      M-N Create M-N nodes with the devices' major numbers and minor numbers
	  between M and N.  Note that M and N are decimal numbers.  When a
	  range of minor numbers is specified, a filename conversion
	  specifier can be used to make certain that each node created is
	  unique.

EXAMPLES
  The following is a sample /etc/strsetup.conf file:

			special
       driver name	filename	     file mode	     minor number
       ptm	       /dev/ptmx	       0666	       clone
       log	       /dev/streams/log	       0666	       clone
       nuls	       /dev/streams/nuls       0666	       clone
       echo	       /dev/streams/echo       0666	       clone
       sad	       /dev/sad/admin	       0666	       clone
       pts	       /dev/pts/%d	       0666	       0-127

FILES
  /etc/strsetup.conf
	     STREAMS setup configuration file

RELATED INFORMATION
  Commands: strsetup(8)
  Network Programmer's Guide

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