Section 4 of the manual describes special files (devices).
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- ALTQ
- alternate queuing of network packets
- CAM
- Common Access Method Storage subsystem
- CPU_ELAN
- AMD Elan 520 CPU support
- CPU_SOEKRIS
- CPU_ELAN — AMD Elan 520 CPU support
- Castor_limits
- LCG internal limits
- FDT
- fdt — Flattened Device Tree support
- GEOM
- modular disk I/O request transformation framework
- PAE
- Physical Address Extensions
- Read
- read_reading , fread_reading - Read a trace file into a Read structure.
- SCSI
- CAM — Common Access Method Storage subsystem
- SMP
- description of the FreeBSD Symmetric Multi-Processor kernel
- SW_WATCHDOG
- watchdog — hardware and software watchdog
- aac
- Adaptec AdvancedRAID Controller driver
- aacraid
- Adaptec AACRAID Controller driver
- acpi
- Advanced Configuration and Power Management support
- acpi_asus
- Asus Laptop Extras
- acpi_asus_wmi
- Asus Laptop WMI Extras
- acpi_dock
- Laptop Docking Station device driver
- acpi_fujitsu
- Fujitsu Laptop Extras
- acpi_hp
- ACPI extras driver for HP laptops
- acpi_hpet
- hpet — High Precision Event Timer driver
- acpi_ibm
- ACPI extras driver for IBM laptops
- acpi_panasonic
- ACPI hotkey driver for Panasonic laptops
- acpi_rapidstart
- Intel rapid start technology ACPI driver
- acpi_sony
- ACPI notebook controller driver for Sony laptops
- acpi_thermal
- ACPI thermal management subsystem
- acpi_toshiba
- Toshiba HCI interface
- acpi_video
- ACPI Video Extensions driver
- acpi_wmi
- ACPI to WMI mapping driver
- ada
- ATA Direct Access device driver
- adapt
- mesh adaptation
- adm6996fc
- driver for Infineon ADM6996FC fast ethernet switch chip
- adv
- Advansys ISA/VL/PCI Narrow 8bit SCSI Host adapter driver
- adw
- Advansys PCI 16bit SCSI Host adapter driver
- ae
- Attansic/Atheros L2 FastEthernet controller driver
- aesni
- driver for the AES and SHA accelerator on x86 CPUs
- age
- Attansic/Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet driver
- agp
- generic interface to the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
- agpgart
- agp — generic interface to the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
- aha
- Adaptec SCSI host adapter driver
- ahc
- Adaptec VL/ISA/PCI SCSI host adapter driver
- ahci
- Serial ATA Advanced Host Controller Interface driver
- ahd
- Adaptec PCI/PCI-X Ultra320 SCSI host adapter driver
- aibs
- ASUSTeK AI Booster ACPI ATK0110 voltage, temperature and fan sensor
- aic
- Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 SCSI driver
- aio
- asynchronous I/O
- aiptek
- Aiptek USB Digital Tablet Input Driver for Linux
- alc
- Atheros AR813x/AR815x/AR816x/AR817x Gigabit/Fast Ethernet driver
- ale
- Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit/Fast Ethernet driver
- alpm
- Acer Aladdin 15x3 Power Management controller driver
- altera_atse
- atse — driver for the Altera Triple-Speed Ethernet MegaCore
- altera_avgen
- driver for generic Altera Avalon-bus-attached, memory-mapped devices
- altera_jtag_uart
- driver for the Altera JTAG UART Core
- altera_sdcard
- driver for the Altera University Program Secure Data Card IP Core
- altera_sdcardc
- altera_sdcard — driver for the Altera University Program Secure Data Card IP Core
- altq
- ALTQ — alternate queuing of network packets
- amdgpu
- AMD RADEON GPU video driver
- amdpm
- AMD 756/766/768/8111 Power Management controller driver
- amdsbwd
- device driver for the AMD southbridge watchdog timers
- amdsmb
- AMD-8111 SMBus 2.0 controller driver
- amdsmn
- device driver for AMD processor System Management Network
- amdtemp
- device driver for AMD processor on-die digital thermal sensor
- amr
- MegaRAID SCSI/ATA/SATA RAID driver
- an
- Aironet Communications 4500/4800 wireless network adapter driver
- aout
- kernel support for executing binary files in legacy a.out format
- apic
- Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) driver
- apm
- APM BIOS interface
- arcmsr
- Areca RAID Controller driver
- arp
- Address Resolution Protocol
- asmc
- device driver for the Apple System Management Console (SMC)
- ata
- generic ATA/SATA controller driver
- atf-test-case
- generic description of test cases
- ath
- Atheros IEEE 802.11 wireless network driver
- ath_ahb
- Atheros AHB device glue
- ath_hal
- Atheros Hardware Access Layer (HAL)
- ath_pci
- Atheros PCI device glue
- ati
- ATI video driver
- atkbd
- the AT keyboard interface
- atkbdc
- the AT keyboard controller interface
- atmsigd.conf
- configuration file for the ATM signaling demon
- atp
- Apple touchpad driver
- atrtc
- AT Real-Time Clock (RTC) driver
- atse
- driver for the Altera Triple-Speed Ethernet MegaCore
- attimer
- i8254 Programmable Interval Timer (AT Timer) driver
- audit
- Security Event Audit
- auditpipe
- pseudo-device for live audit event tracking
- aue
- ADMtek AN986 Pegasus USB Ethernet driver
- ax25
- AF_AX25 - AX.25 amateur packet radio protocol family
- axe
- ASIX Electronics AX88x7x/760 USB Ethernet driver
- axge
- ASIX Electronics AX88178A/AX88179 USB Gigabit Ethernet driver
- bce
- QLogic NetXtreme II (BCM5706/5708/5709/5716) PCI/PCIe Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver
- bcma
- Broadcom AMBA Backplane driver
- bfe
- Broadcom BCM4401 Ethernet Device Driver
- bge
- Broadcom BCM57xx/BCM590x Gigabit/Fast Ethernet driver
- bhnd
- Broadcom Home Networking Division interconnect bus
- bhnd_chipc
- Broadcom Home Networking Division ChipCommon Driver
- bhnd_pmu
- Broadcom Home Networking Division PMU Driver
- bhndb
- Broadcom Home Networking Division interconnect bridge driver
- bhndb_pci
- Broadcom Home Networking Division PCI host bridge driver
- bktr
- Brooktree Bt848/849/878/879 and Pinnacle PCTV video capture driver