makedevice(9F) Kernel Functions for Drivers makedevice(9F)NAMEmakedevice - make device number from major and minor numbers
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/mkdev.h>
#include <sys/ddi.h>
dev_t makedevice(major_t majnum, minor_t minnum);
INTERFACE LEVEL
Architecture independent level 1 (DDI/DKI).
PARAMETERS
majnum Major device number.
minnum Minor device number.
DESCRIPTION
The makedevice() function creates a device number from a major and
minor device number. makedevice() should be used to create device num‐
bers so the driver will port easily to releases that treat device num‐
bers differently.
RETURN VALUES
The device number, containing both the major number and the minor num‐
ber, is returned. No validation of the major or minor numbers is per‐
formed.
CONTEXT
The makedevice() function can be called from user, interrupt, or kernel
context.
SEE ALSOgetmajor(9F), getminor(9F)SunOS 5.10 16 Jan 2006 makedevice(9F)