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37 and DEVFS registration for devices
42 .Fn make_dev "struct cdevsw *cdevsw" "int minor" "uid_t uid" "gid_t gid" "int perms" "const char *fmt" ...
44 .Fn make_dev_alias "struct cdev *pdev" "const char *fmt" ...
46 .Fn destroy_dev "struct cdev *dev"
48 .Fn dev_depends "struct cdev *pdev" "struct cdev *cdev"
54 structure for a new device.
55 If DEVFS is available, it is also notified of
56 the presence of the new device.
57 The device will be owned by
59 with the group ownership as
61 The name is the expansion of
63 and following arguments as
66 The name determines its path under
70 mount point and may contain slash
72 characters to denote subdirectories.
73 The permissions of the file specified in
78 .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
79 #define S_IRWXU 0000700 /* RWX mask for owner */
80 #define S_IRUSR 0000400 /* R for owner */
81 #define S_IWUSR 0000200 /* W for owner */
82 #define S_IXUSR 0000100 /* X for owner */
84 #define S_IRWXG 0000070 /* RWX mask for group */
85 #define S_IRGRP 0000040 /* R for group */
86 #define S_IWGRP 0000020 /* W for group */
87 #define S_IXGRP 0000010 /* X for group */
89 #define S_IRWXO 0000007 /* RWX mask for other */
90 #define S_IROTH 0000004 /* R for other */
91 #define S_IWOTH 0000002 /* W for other */
92 #define S_IXOTH 0000001 /* X for other */
94 #define S_ISUID 0004000 /* set user id on execution */
95 #define S_ISGID 0002000 /* set group id on execution */
96 #define S_ISVTX 0001000 /* sticky bit */
98 #define S_ISTXT 0001000
104 function takes the returned
108 and makes another (aliased) name for this device.
109 It is an error to call
124 that are available to store state.
125 Both fields are of type
127 These are designed to replace the
134 function takes the returned
138 and destroys the registration for that device.
141 on devices that were created with
146 function establishes a parent-child relationship between two devices.
147 The net effect is that a
149 of the parent device will also result in the destruction of the
152 A device may simultaneously be a parent and a child,
153 so it is possible to build a complete hierarchy.
161 functions first appeared in