ddi_create_minor_node(9F)Kernel Functions for Driversddi_create_minor_node(9F)NAMEddi_create_minor_node - Create a minor node for this device
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/sunddi.h>
int ddi_create_minor_node(dev_info_t *dip, char *name, int spec_type,
minor_t minor_num, char *node_type, int flag);
INTERFACE LEVEL
Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI).
PARAMETERS
dip A pointer to the device's dev_info structure.
name The name of this particular minor device.
spec_type S_IFCHR or S_IFBLK for character or block minor devices
respectively.
minor_num The minor number for this particular minor device.
node_type Any string literal that uniquely identifies the type of
node. The following predefined node types are provided
with this release:
DDI_NT_SERIAL For serial ports
DDI_NT_SERIAL_MB For on board serial ports
DDI_NT_SERIAL_DO For dial out ports
DDI_NT_SERIAL_MB_DO For on board dial out ports
DDI_NT_BLOCK For hard disks
DDI_NT_BLOCK_CHAN For hard disks with channel or
target numbers
DDI_NT_CD For CDROM drives
DDI_NT_CD_CHAN For CDROM drives with channel
or target numbers
DDI_NT_FD For floppy disks
DDI_NT_TAPE For tape drives
DDI_NT_NET For DLPI style 1 or style 2
network devices
DDI_NT_DISPLAY For display devices
DDI_PSEUDO For pseudo devices
flag If the device is a clone device then this flag is set
to CLONE_DEV else it is set to 0.
DESCRIPTIONddi_create_minor_node() provides the necessary information to enable
the system to create the /dev and /devices hierarchies. The name is
used to create the minor name of the block or character special file
under the /devices hierarchy. At-sign (@), slash (/), and space are not
allowed. The spec_type specifies whether this is a block or character
device. The minor_num is the minor number for the device. The node_type
is used to create the names in the /dev hierarchy that refers to the
names in the /devices hierarchy. See disks(1M), ports(1M), tapes(1M),
devlinks(1M). Finally flag determines if this is a clone device or
not, and what device class the node belongs to.
RETURN VALUESddi_create_minor_node() returns:
DDI_SUCCESS Was able to allocate memory, create the minor data
structure, and place it into the linked list of minor
devices for this driver.
DDI_FAILURE Minor node creation failed.
CONTEXT
The ddi_create_minor_node() function can be called from user context.
It is typically called from attach(9E) or ioctl(9E).
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Create Data Structure Describing Minor Device with Minor
Number of 0
The following example creates a data structure describing a minor
device called foo which has a minor number of 0. It is of type
DDI_NT_BLOCK (a block device) and it is not a clone device.
ddi_create_minor_node(dip, "foo", S_IFBLK, 0, DDI_NT_BLOCK, 0);
SEE ALSOadd_drv(1M), devlinks(1M), disks(1M), drvconfig(1M), ports(1M),
tapes(1M), attach(9E), ddi_remove_minor_node(9F)
Writing Device Drivers
NOTES
If the driver is for a network device (node_type DDI_NT_NET), note that
the driver name will undergo the driver name constraints identified in
the NOTES section of dlpi(7P). Additionally, the minor name must match
the driver name for a DLPI style 2 provider. If the driver is a DLPI
style 1 provider, the minor name must also match the driver name with
the exception that the ppa is appended to the minor name.
Non-gld(7D)-based DLPI network streams drivers are encouraged to switch
to gld(7D). Failing this, a driver that creates DLPI style-2 minor
nodes must specify CLONE_DEV for its style-2 ddi_create_minor_node()
nodes and use qassociate(9F). A driver that supports both style-1 and
style-2 minor nodes should return DDI_FAILURE for
DDI_INFO_DEVT2INSTANCE and DDI_INFO_DEVT2DEVINFO getinfo(9E) calls to
style-2 minor nodes. (The correct association is already established by
qassociate(9F)). A driver that only supports style-2 minor nodes can
use ddi_no_info(9F) for its getinfo(9E) implementation. For drivers
that do not follow these rules, the results of a modunload(1M) of the
driver or a cfgadm(1M) remove of hardware controlled by the driver are
undefined.
WARNING
Drivers must remove references to GLOBAL_DEV, NODEBOUND_DEV, NODESPEā
CIFIC_DEV, and ENUMERATED_DEV to compile under Solaris 10 and later
versions.
SunOS 5.10 14 Dec 2004 ddi_create_minor_node(9F)