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

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.Dd June 16, 1998
.Dt DEVICE_ADD_CHILD 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm device_add_child ,
.Nm device_add_child_ordered
.Nd "add a new device as a child of an existing device"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/param.h
.In sys/bus.h
.Ft device_t
.Fn device_add_child "device_t dev" "const char *name" "int unit"
.Ft device_t
.Fn device_add_child_ordered "device_t dev" "int order" "const char *name" "int unit"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Create a new child device of
.Fa dev .
The
.Fa name
and
.Fa unit
arguments specify the name and unit number of the device.
If the name is unknown then the caller should pass
.Dv NULL .
If the unit is unknown then the caller should pass
.Dv -1
and the system will choose the next available unit number.
.Pp
The name of the device is used to determine which drivers might be
appropriate for the device.  If a name is specified then only drivers
of that name are probed.  If no name is given then all drivers for the
owning bus are probed.
.Pp
This allows busses which can uniquely identify device instances (such
as PCI) to allow each driver to check each device instance for a
match.  For busses which rely on supplied probe hints where only one
driver can have a change of probing the device, the driver name should
specified as the device name.
.Pp
Normally unit numbers will be chosen automatically by the system and a
unit number of
.Dv -1
should be given.
When a specific unit number is desired (e.g. for wiring a particular
piece of hardware to a pre-configured unit number), that unit should
be passed.  If the specified unit number is already allocated, a new
unit will be allocated and a diagnostic message printed.
.Pp
If the devices attached to a bus must be probed in a specific order
(e.g. for the ISA bus some devices are sensitive to failed probe attempts
of unrelated drivers and therefore must be probed first),
the
.Fa order
argument of
.Xr device_add_child_ordered 9
should be used to specify a partial ordering.
The new device will be added before any existing device with a greater
order.
If
.Xr device_add_child 9
is used, then the new child will be added as if its order was zero.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The new device if successful, NULL otherwise.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr device 9
.Sh AUTHORS
This man page was written by
.An Doug Rabson .
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			`.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Doug Rabson`
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			`.Dd June 16, 1998`
Various man page cleanup: - Sort xrefs - FreeBSD.ORG -> FreeBSD.org - Be consistent with section names as outlined in mdoc(7). - Other misc mdoc cleanup. PR: doc/13144 Submitted by: Alexey M. Zelkin <phantom@cris.net> 1999-08-15 10:48:36 +00:00			`.Dt DEVICE_ADD_CHILD 9`
mdoc(7) police: removed HISTORY info from the .Os call. 2001-07-10 15:31:11 +00:00			`.Os`
Add manpages for the new device framework. 1998-09-03 21:52:05 +00:00			`.Sh NAME`
			`.Nm device_add_child ,`
Replace stale references to device_add_child_after(9) with device_child_add_ordered(9) PR: 13210 Submitted by: Alexey Zelkin <phantom@cris.net> Reviewed by: mpp Forgotten by: dfr 1999-09-04 12:37:21 +00:00			`.Nm device_add_child_ordered`
Fix miscellaneous mdoc macro argument limit infringements. PR: 18465 Reported by: Kazu TAKAMUNE <takamune@avrl.mei.co.jp> 2000-05-09 14:02:06 +00:00			`.Nd "add a new device as a child of an existing device"`
Add manpages for the new device framework. 1998-09-03 21:52:05 +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/bus.h`
Fixed wrong function types (the device_add_child() family returns a device_t, not an int). 1999-12-23 17:39:45 +00:00			`.Ft device_t`
Remove mention of 'ivars'. 1999-12-03 11:22:28 +00:00			`.Fn device_add_child "device_t dev" "const char *name" "int unit"`
Fixed wrong function types (the device_add_child() family returns a device_t, not an int). 1999-12-23 17:39:45 +00:00			`.Ft device_t`
Remove mention of 'ivars'. 1999-12-03 11:22:28 +00:00			`.Fn device_add_child_ordered "device_t dev" "int order" "const char *name" "int unit"`
Add manpages for the new device framework. 1998-09-03 21:52:05 +00:00			`.Sh DESCRIPTION`
			`Create a new child device of`
			`.Fa dev .`
			`The`
			`.Fa name`
			`and`
			`.Fa unit`
			`arguments specify the name and unit number of the device.`
			`If the name is unknown then the caller should pass`
			`.Dv NULL .`
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			`and the system will choose the next available unit number.`
			`.Pp`
			`The name of the device is used to determine which drivers might be`
			`appropriate for the device. If a name is specified then only drivers`
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			`.Pp`
			`This allows busses which can uniquely identify device instances (such`
			`as PCI) to allow each driver to check each device instance for a`
			`match. For busses which rely on supplied probe hints where only one`
			`driver can have a change of probing the device, the driver name should`
			`specified as the device name.`
			`.Pp`
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			`.Dv -1`
			`should be given.`
			`When a specific unit number is desired (e.g. for wiring a particular`
			`piece of hardware to a pre-configured unit number), that unit should`
			`be passed. If the specified unit number is already allocated, a new`
			`unit will be allocated and a diagnostic message printed.`
			`.Pp`
			`If the devices attached to a bus must be probed in a specific order`
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			`the`
			`.Fa order`
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			`should be used to specify a partial ordering.`
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			`The new device if successful, NULL otherwise.`
			`.Sh SEE ALSO`
			`.Xr device 9`
			`.Sh AUTHORS`
			`This man page was written by`
			`.An Doug Rabson .`