NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     devsw -- returns the cdevsw structure

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <sys/param.h>
     #include <sys/conf.h>

     struct cdevsw *
     devsw(dev_t dev);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The devsw() 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 major(9) offset into the cdevsw array is returned.

     Its argument is:

     dev  The device whose cdevsw entry should be returned.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     A pointer to a cdevsw structure.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

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

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     This man page was written by Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>.


FreeBSD 5.2.1			 July 9, 2001			 FreeBSD 5.2.1