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| 1.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. --- 67 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 76.Cm c . 77.It Ar major 78The major device number is an integer number which tells the kernel 79which device driver entry point to use. To learn what 80major device number to use for a particular device, check the file 81.Pa /dev/MAKEDEV 82to see if the device is known, or check 83the system dependent device configuration file: | 1.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. --- 67 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 76.Cm c . 77.It Ar major 78The major device number is an integer number which tells the kernel 79which device driver entry point to use. To learn what 80major device number to use for a particular device, check the file 81.Pa /dev/MAKEDEV 82to see if the device is known, or check 83the system dependent device configuration file: |
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| 85.Dq Pa /usr/src/sys/conf/device. Ns Aq Ar architecture 86.Ed 87.Pp 88(for example 89.Pa device.hp300 ) . 90.It Ar minor 91The minor device number tells the kernel which subunit 92the node corresponds to on the device; for example, --- 48 unchanged lines hidden --- | 85.Dq Pa /usr/src/sys/conf/device. Ns Aq Ar architecture 86.Ed 87.Pp 88(for example 89.Pa device.hp300 ) . 90.It Ar minor 91The minor device number tells the kernel which subunit 92the node corresponds to on the device; for example, --- 48 unchanged lines hidden --- |