freebsd-nq/share/man/man9/devtoname.9

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.Dd February 10, 2012
.Dt DEVTONAME 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm devtoname
.Nd "converts character device into a string indicating the device name"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/param.h
.In sys/conf.h
.Ft const char *
.Fn devtoname "struct cdev *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 .
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn devtoname
interface first appeared in
.Fx 4.0
Document the devtoname(9) kernel interface. 1999-09-25 15:58:33 +00:00			`.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Chris Costello`
			`.\" All rights reserved.`
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Document the devtoname(9) kernel interface. 1999-09-25 15:58:33 +00:00			`.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without`
			`.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions`
			`.\" are met:`
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			`.\" 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.`
Removed whitespace at end-of-line; no content changes. I simply did cd src/share; find man[1-9] -type f\|xargs perl -pi -e 's/[ \t]+$//' BTW, what editors are the culprits? I'm using vim and it shows me whitespace at EOL in troff files with a thick blue block... Reviewed by: Silence from cvs diff -b MFC after: 7 days 2001-07-14 19:41:16 +00:00			`.\"`
Document the devtoname(9) kernel interface. 1999-09-25 15:58:33 +00:00			.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
			`.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE`
			`.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE`
			`.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE`
			`.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL`
			`.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS`
			`.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)`
			`.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT`
			`.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY`
			`.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF`
			`.\" SUCH DAMAGE.`
Removed whitespace at end-of-line; no content changes. I simply did cd src/share; find man[1-9] -type f\|xargs perl -pi -e 's/[ \t]+$//' BTW, what editors are the culprits? I'm using vim and it shows me whitespace at EOL in troff files with a thick blue block... Reviewed by: Silence from cvs diff -b MFC after: 7 days 2001-07-14 19:41:16 +00:00			`.\"`
Document the devtoname(9) kernel interface. 1999-09-25 15:58:33 +00:00			`.\" $FreeBSD$`
Removed whitespace at end-of-line; no content changes. I simply did cd src/share; find man[1-9] -type f\|xargs perl -pi -e 's/[ \t]+$//' BTW, what editors are the culprits? I'm using vim and it shows me whitespace at EOL in troff files with a thick blue block... Reviewed by: Silence from cvs diff -b MFC after: 7 days 2001-07-14 19:41:16 +00:00			`.\"`
Remove outdated piece of information. devtoname() always returns a pathname to the device. It will never return a #major/minor string. MFC after: 2 weeks 2012-02-10 11:20:13 +00:00			`.Dd February 10, 2012`
Document the devtoname(9) kernel interface. 1999-09-25 15:58:33 +00:00			`.Dt DEVTONAME 9`
mdoc: order prologue macros consistently by Dd/Dt/Os Although groff_mdoc(7) gives another impression, this is the ordering most widely used and also required by mdocml/mandoc. Reviewed by: ru Approved by: philip, ed (mentors) 2010-04-14 19:08:06 +00:00			`.Os`
Document the devtoname(9) kernel interface. 1999-09-25 15:58:33 +00:00			`.Sh NAME`
			`.Nm devtoname`
Remove remnants of dev_t. These functions take a `struct cdev *' -- not a dev_t. Inside the kernel, dev_t has the same use as in userspace, namely to store a device identifier. MFC after: 2 weeks 2012-01-19 09:51:07 +00:00			`.Nd "converts character device into a string indicating the device name"`
Document the devtoname(9) kernel interface. 1999-09-25 15:58:33 +00:00			`.Sh SYNOPSIS`
mdoc(7) police: Use the new .In macro for #include statements. 2001-10-01 16:09:29 +00:00			`.In sys/param.h`
			`.In sys/conf.h`
Document the devtoname(9) kernel interface. 1999-09-25 15:58:33 +00:00			`.Ft const char *`
Remove remnants of dev_t. These functions take a `struct cdev *' -- not a dev_t. Inside the kernel, dev_t has the same use as in userspace, namely to store a device identifier. MFC after: 2 weeks 2012-01-19 09:51:07 +00:00			`.Fn devtoname "struct cdev *dev"`
Document the devtoname(9) kernel interface. 1999-09-25 15:58:33 +00:00			`.Sh DESCRIPTION`
			`The`
			`.Fn devtoname`
Mdoc Janitor: * Fix hard sentence breaks. * NOTE: devstat(9) requires more mdoc(7) work. 2003-10-23 01:54:06 +00:00			`function returns a pointer to the name of the device passed to it.`
			`The name is whatever was set to it in`
Document the devtoname(9) kernel interface. 1999-09-25 15:58:33 +00:00			`.Fn make_dev .`
			`.Sh HISTORY`
			`The`
			`.Fn devtoname`
			`interface first appeared in`
			`.Fx 4.0`