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diff --git a/share/man/man9/devfs_add_devswf.9 b/share/man/man9/devfs_add_devswf.9 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ae25c5b06ba3 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man9/devfs_add_devswf.9 @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Joerg Wunsch +.\" +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This program is free software. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $Id: devfs_add_devsw.9,v 1.3 1996/02/12 04:56:57 mpp Exp $ +.\" +.Dd December 31, 1995 +.Os FreeBSD +.Dt DEVFS_ADD_DEVSWF 9 +.Sh NAME +.Nm devfs_add_devswf +.Nd wire device into devswitch table +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <sys/devfsext.h> +.Ft void * +.Fn devfs_add_devswf "void *devsw" "int minor" "int chrblk" "uid_t uid" "gid_t gid" "int perms" "char *fmt" "..." +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The call that adds an entry into devfs is +.Nm devfs_add_devswf . +.Pp +It's arguments are: +.Bl -tag -width 8X +.It Ar devsw +the address of the devsw entry the name should access +.It Ar minor +the minor number +.It Ar chrblk +whether the device is CHAR or BLK +.It Ar uid +Owner UID +.It Ar gid +Owner GID +.It Ar perms +Permissions (e.g. rwxr--r-- = 0744) +.It Ar fmt +Formatted string including name, and, if applicable, path to device within DEVFS +.El +.Sh RETURN VALUES +It returns a token that can be used to link another name to the same +device +.Pq see Xr devfs_link 9 , +or destroy the device. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr devfs_link 9 +.Sh HISTORY +The function +.Nm +appeared in FreeBSD 2.2. +.Sh AUTHORS +This man page has been written by +.if t J\(:org Wunsch +.if n Joerg Wunsch +after a description from Julian Elischer. |