Manual Pages for UNIX Operating System command usage for man getminor

Kernel Functions for Drivers                         getminor(9F)



NAME
     getminor - get minor device number

SYNOPSIS
     #include 
     #include 
     #include 



     minor_t getminor(dev_t dev);


INTERFACE LEVEL
     Architecture independent level 1 (DDI/DKI).

PARAMETERS
     dev    Device number.


DESCRIPTION
     The getminor() function extracts the  minor  number  from  a
     device number.

RETURN VALUES
     The minor number.

CONTEXT
     The getminor() function can be called from user,  interrupt,
     or kernel context.

EXAMPLES
     See the getmajor(9F) manual page for an example  of  how  to
     use getminor().

SEE ALSO
     getmajor(9F), makedevice(9F)


     Writing Device Drivers

WARNINGS
     No validity checking is performed. If  dev  is  invalid,  an
     invalid number is returned.











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