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27*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Dd February 10, 2009
28*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Dt DEVTONAME 9
29*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Os
30*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh NAME
31*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Nm devtoname
32*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Nd "converts cdev_t data into a string indicating the device name"
33*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh SYNOPSIS
34*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.In sys/types.h
35*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.In sys/conf.h
36*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Ft const char *
37*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Fn devtoname "cdev_t dev"
38*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh DESCRIPTION
39*86d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThe
40*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Fn devtoname
41*86d7f5d3SJohn Marinofunction returns a pointer to the name of the device passed to it.  The name
42*86d7f5d3SJohn Marinois whatever was set to it in
43*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Fn make_dev .
44*86d7f5d3SJohn MarinoIf no name is associated with
45*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Va dev ,
46*86d7f5d3SJohn Marinoa pointer to a string consisting of a
47*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Dq #
48*86d7f5d3SJohn Marinofollowed by
49*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Dq Va major Ns / Ns Va minor
50*86d7f5d3SJohn Marinoas it applies to
51*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Va dev
52*86d7f5d3SJohn Marinois returned.
53*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh HISTORY
54*86d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThe
55*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Fn devtoname
56*86d7f5d3SJohn Marinointerface first appeared in
57*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Fx 4.0
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