devsw(9)

NAME

devsw - returns the cdevsw structure

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/conf.h>
struct cdevsw *
devsw(dev_t dev);

DESCRIPTION

The devsw() function returns a pointer to the cdevsw struc
ture associated
with this character device ID. If dev->si_cdevsw is set it
is returned;
otherwise, the major(9) offset into the cdevsw array is re
turned.
Its argument is:
dev The device whose cdevsw entry should be returned.

RETURN VALUES

A pointer to a cdevsw structure.

SEE ALSO

major(9), minor(9), umajor(9), uminor(9)

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Chad David <davidc@ac
ns.ab.ca>.
BSD July 9, 2001
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