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author | chris <chris@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-09-25 15:58:33 +0000 |
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committer | chris <chris@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-09-25 15:58:33 +0000 |
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Document the devtoname(9) kernel interface.
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diff --git a/share/man/man9/devtoname.9 b/share/man/man9/devtoname.9 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..82ca731 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man9/devtoname.9 @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Chris Costello +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd September 25, 1999 +.Os +.Dt DEVTONAME 9 +.Sh NAME +.Nm devtoname +.Nd "Converts dev_t data into a string indicating the device name" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <sys/types.h> +.Fd #include <sys/conf.h> +.Ft const char * +.Fn devtoname "dev_t dev" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn devtoname +function returns a pointer to the name of the device passed to it. The name +is whatever was set to it in +.Fn make_dev . +If no +name is associated with +.Va dev , +a pointer to a string consisting of a +.Dq # +followed by +.Dq Va major Ns / Ns Va minor +as applies to +.Va dev +is returned. +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn devtoname +interface first appeared in +.Fx 4.0 |