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7 .TH GETMAJOR 9F "Jan 16, 2006"
9 getmajor \- get major device number
13 #include <sys/types.h>
14 #include <sys/mkdev.h>
19 \fBmajor_t\fR \fBgetmajor\fR(\fBdev_t\fR \fIdev\fR);
25 Architecture independent level 1 (DDI/DKI).
39 The \fBgetmajor()\fR function extracts the major number from a device number.
47 The \fBgetmajor()\fR function can be called from user, interrupt, or kernel
51 \fBExample 1 \fRUsing \fBgetmajor()\fR
54 The following example shows both the \fBgetmajor()\fR and \fBgetminor\fR(9F)
55 functions used in a debug \fBcmn_err\fR(9F) statement to return the major and
56 minor numbers for the device supported by the driver.
64 cmn_err(CE_NOTE,"Driver Started. Major# = %d,
65 Minor# = %d", getmajor(dev), getminor(dev));
73 \fBcmn_err\fR(9F), \fBgetminor\fR(9F), \fBmakedevice\fR(9F)
76 \fIWriting Device Drivers\fR
80 No validity checking is performed. If \fIdev\fR is invalid, an invalid number