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24.Dd April 22, 2021
25.Dt BUS_CHILD_PNPINFO 9
26.Os
27.Sh NAME
28.Nm BUS_CHILD_PNPINFO
29.Nd "obtain the plug and play information from a device"
30.Sh SYNOPSIS
31.In sys/param.h
32.In sys/bus.h
33.In sys/sbuf.h
34.Ft void
35.Fn BUS_CHILD_PNPINFO "device_t dev" "device_t child" "struct sbuf *sb"
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37The
38.Fn BUS_CHILD_LOCATION
39method returns the identifying information about the
40.Dv child
41device.
42This information is called the plug and play (pnp) details by some buses.
43This information is a series of key=value pairs.
44The string must be formatted as a space-separated list of key=value pairs.
45Names may only contain alphanumeric characters, underscores ('_') and hyphens ('-').
46Values can contain any non-whitespace characters.
47Values containing whitespace can be quoted with double quotes ('"').
48Double quotes and backslashes in quoted values can be escaped with backslashes ('\').
49.Pp
50The pnpinfo is defined as a series of characteristics of the
51.Dv child
52device that are independent of which drivers are attached, but
53are used to allow drivers to claim a device.
54Typically, plug and play information encodes who made the device, what the model
55number is, and some generic details about the device.
56By convention, only the generic information about the device that's used by
57drivers on that bus to decide on accepting the device is reported.
58Other configuration information (such as the cache burst size) needed for the
59operation of the device, but that doesn't distinguish it broadly from other
60devices is not reported.
61.Sh SEE ALSO
62.Xr bus 9 ,
63.Xr device 9
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