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.Dd July 9, 2001
.Dt CDEVSW_ADD 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm cdevsw_add
.Nd adds a
.Vt cdevsw
entry
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/param.h
.In sys/conf.h
.Ft int
.Fn cdevsw_add "struct cdevsw *newentry"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn cdevsw_add
function adds
.Fa newentry
to the
.Va cdevsw
table if its major number is greater than or equal to zero,
and is less than
.Dv NUMCDEVSW .
.Pp
Its argument is:
.Bl -tag -width ".Fa newentry"
.It Fa newentry
The device to add to the table.
.El
.Sh RETURN VALUES
A value of 0 is returned on success; otherwise,
.Er EINVAL
is returned
indicating that the major number is not in the valid range.
.Sh AUTHORS
This man page was written by
.An Chad David Aq davidc@acns.ab.ca .