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.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 2001 Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>. 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(s), this list of conditions and the following disclaimer as
.\" the first lines of this file unmodified other than the possible
.\" addition of one or more copyright notices.
.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
.\" notice(s), 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 COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) ``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 COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) 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 July 9, 2001
.Dt CDEVSW_ADD 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm cdevsw_add
.Nd "Adds a cdevsw entry"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <sys/conf.h>
.Ft int
.Fo cdevsw_add
.Fa "struct cdevsw *newentry"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
function adds
.Ar newentry
to the cdevsw table if its major number is greater than or equal to zero,
and is less than NUMCDEVSW.
.Pp
Its argument is:
.Bl -tag
.It Ar
The device to add to the table.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
A value of 0 is returned on success; otherwise, EINVAL is returned
indicating that the major number is not in the valid range.
.Sh AUTHORS
This man page was written by Chad David.

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.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 2001 Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>. 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(s), this list of conditions and the following disclaimer as
.\" the first lines of this file unmodified other than the possible
.\" addition of one or more copyright notices.
.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
.\" notice(s), 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 COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) ``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 COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) 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 July 9, 2001
.Dt CDEVSW_REMOVE 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm cdevsw_remove
.Nd "Removes a cdevsw entry"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <sys/conf.h>
.Ft int
.Fo cdevsw_add
.Fa "struct cdevsw *oldentry"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
function removes
.Ar oldentry
from the cdevsw table if its major number is greater than or equal to zero,
and is less than NUMCDEVSW.
.Pp
Its argument is:
.Bl -tag
.It Ar
The device to remove from the table.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
A value of 0 is returned on success; otherwise, EINVAL is returned
indicating that the major number is not in the valid range.
.Sh AUTHORS
This man page was written by Chad David.

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.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 2001 Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>. 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(s), this list of conditions and the following disclaimer as
.\" the first lines of this file unmodified other than the possible
.\" addition of one or more copyright notices.
.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
.\" notice(s), 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 COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) ``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 COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) 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 July 9, 2001
.Dt DEVSW 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm devsw
.Nd "Checks if the vnode represents a disk"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <sys/conf.h>
.Ft struct cdevsw *
.Fo devsw
.Fa "dev_t dev"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
function returns a pointer to the cdevsw structure associated
with this character device id. If dev->si_cdevsw is set it is
returned; otherwise, the
.Ar major(9)
offset into the cdevsw array is returned.
.Pp
Its argument is:
.Bl -tag
.It Ar dev
The device whose cdevsw entry should be returned.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
A pointer to a cdevsw structure.
.Sh AUTHORS
This man page was written by Chad David.

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.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 2001 Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>. 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(s), this list of conditions and the following disclaimer as
.\" the first lines of this file unmodified other than the possible
.\" addition of one or more copyright notices.
.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
.\" notice(s), 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 COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) ``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 COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) 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 July 9, 2001
.Dt MAJOR 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm major
.Nd "Returns the major number for the device"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <sys/systm.h>
.Ft int
.Fo major
.Fa "dev_t dev"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
function returns the major device number for the given device.
.Pp
Its argument is:
.Bl -tag
.It Ar dev
The device whose major device number should be returned.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
An integer greater than zero and less than NUMCDEVSW, or NOUDEV
if the device is invalid.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr minor 9
.Sh AUTHORS
This man page was written by Chad David.

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.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 2001 Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>. 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(s), this list of conditions and the following disclaimer as
.\" the first lines of this file unmodified other than the possible
.\" addition of one or more copyright notices.
.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
.\" notice(s), 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 COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) ``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 COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) 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 July 9, 2001
.Dt MINOR 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm minor
.Nd "Returns the minor number for the device"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <sys/systm.h>
.Ft int
.Fo minor
.Fa "dev_t dev"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
function returns the minor device number for the given device.
.Pp
Its argument is:
.Bl -tag
.It Ar dev
The device whose minor device number should be returned.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
An integer greater than zero, or NOUDEV if the device is invalid.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr major 9
.Sh AUTHORS
This man page was written by Chad David.

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.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 2001 Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>. 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(s), this list of conditions and the following disclaimer as
.\" the first lines of this file unmodified other than the possible
.\" addition of one or more copyright notices.
.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
.\" notice(s), 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 COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) ``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 COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) 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 July 9, 2001
.Dt UMAJOR 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm umajor
.Nd "Returns the major number from the raw device number"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <sys/systm.h>
.Ft int
.Fo umajor
.Fa "udev_t dev"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
function returns the major device number form the given raw device
number.
.Pp
Its argument is:
.Bl -tag
.It Ar dev
The device number whose major id should be calculated and returned.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
An integer greater than or equal to zero.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr uminor 9
.Xr minor 9
.Xr major 9
.Sh AUTHORS
This man page was written by Chad David.

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.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 2001 Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>. 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(s), this list of conditions and the following disclaimer as
.\" the first lines of this file unmodified other than the possible
.\" addition of one or more copyright notices.
.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
.\" notice(s), 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 COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) ``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 COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) 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 July 9, 2001
.Dt UMINOR 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm uminor
.Nd "Returns the minor number from the raw device number"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <sys/systm.h>
.Ft int
.Fo uminor
.Fa "udev_t dev"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
function returns the minor device number from the raw device number.
.Pp
Its argument is:
.Bl -tag
.It Ar dev
The raw device number from which the minor device number should be
calculated.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
An integer greater than or equal to zero.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr umajor 9
.Xr major 9
.Xr minor 9
.Sh AUTHORS
This man page was written by Chad David.

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.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 2001 Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>. 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(s), this list of conditions and the following disclaimer as
.\" the first lines of this file unmodified other than the possible
.\" addition of one or more copyright notices.
.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
.\" notice(s), 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 COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) ``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 COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) 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 July 9, 2001
.Dt VN_ISDISK 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm vn_isdisk
.Nd "Checks if the vnode represents a disk"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <sys/vnode.h>
.Ft int
.Fo vn_isdisk
.Fa "struct vnode *vp"
.Fa "int *errp"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
function checks to see if the vnode represents a disk.
In order for the vnode to be a disk it must be a character
device, v_rdev must be valid, and the cdevsw entrys flags
must have D_DISK set.
.Pp
Its arguments are:
.Bl -tag errp
.It Ar vp
The vnode to check.
.It Ar errp
A integer pointer to store the error number in if the call fails.
.El
.Sh RETURN VALUES
If the vnode represents a disk one is returned; otherwise, zero
is returned and
.Ar errp
will contain the error number.
.Sh AUTHORS
This man page was written by Chad David.