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authorNate Lawson <njl@FreeBSD.org>2005-04-04 15:37:59 +0000
committerNate Lawson <njl@FreeBSD.org>2005-04-04 15:37:59 +0000
commit4abfd70c872b16a7fbfb326d88c9a4a7f802a1cd (patch)
tree7530240c0fdaceec4da4448f1c4391f2de942411
parentfada20b9892ceafd55c8bd825e618611a9ced99d (diff)
Notes
-rw-r--r--share/man/man9/devclass_get_maxunit.98
-rw-r--r--sys/kern/subr_bus.c3
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man9/devclass_get_maxunit.9 b/share/man/man9/devclass_get_maxunit.9
index 75fb90fa0757..bcfb222ae7f8 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/devclass_get_maxunit.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/devclass_get_maxunit.9
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd June 16, 1998
+.Dd April 3, 2005
.Dt DEVCLASS_GET_MAXUNIT 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -40,12 +40,14 @@
.Ft int
.Fn devclass_get_maxunit "devclass_t dc"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-Returns the maximum unit number allocated to device instances in the
-specified
+Returns the next unit number to be allocated to device instances in the
.Dv devclass .
+This is one greater than the highest currently allocated unit.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr devclass 9 ,
.Xr device 9
.Sh AUTHORS
This man page was written by
.An Doug Rabson .
+.Sh BUGS
+The name is confusing since it is one greater than the maximum unit.
diff --git a/sys/kern/subr_bus.c b/sys/kern/subr_bus.c
index 16a2609f4370..438209fde3d9 100644
--- a/sys/kern/subr_bus.c
+++ b/sys/kern/subr_bus.c
@@ -1194,6 +1194,9 @@ devclass_get_count(devclass_t dc)
/**
* @brief Get the maximum unit number used in a devclass
*
+ * Note that this is one greater than the highest currently-allocated
+ * unit.
+ *
* @param dc the devclass to examine
*/
int