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.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Doug Rabson
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd June 16, 1998
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.Dt DEVCLASS 9
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.Os FreeBSD
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm devclass
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.Nd object representing a class of devices
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Dv typedef struct devclass *devclass_t;
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Pp
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The
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.Dv devclass
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object has two main functions in the system. The first is to manage
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the allocation of unit numbers for device instances and the second is
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to hold the list of device drivers for a particular bus type.
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Each
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.Dv devclass
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has a name and there cannot be two devclasses with the same name.
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This ensures that unique unit numbers are allocated to device
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instances.
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.Pp
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Beware that this means
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.Dv devclass
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must be the same for different bus attachments of the same device driver.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr devclass_add_driver 9 ,
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.Xr devclass_delete_driver 9 ,
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.Xr devclass_find 9 ,
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.Xr devclass_find_driver 9 ,
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.Xr devclass_get_device 9 ,
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.Xr devclass_get_devices 9 ,
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.Xr devclass_get_maxunit 9 ,
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.Xr devclass_get_name 9 ,
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.Xr devclass_get_softc 9 ,
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.Xr device 9 ,
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.Xr driver 9
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.Sh AUTHORS
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This man page was written by
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.An Doug Rabson .
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