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27.Dd September 25, 1999
28.Os
29.Dt MAKE_DEV 9
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm make_dev ,
32.Nm destroy_dev
33.Nd "Create or destroy dev_t and devfs registration for a new device"
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
36.Fd #include <sys/conf.h>
37.Ft dev_t
38.Fn make_dev "struct cdevsw *cdevsw" "int minor" "uid_t uid" "gid_t gid" "int perms" "char *fmt" ...
39.Ft void
40.Fn destroy_dev "dev_t dev"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Fn make_dev
44function creates a
45.Fa dev_t
46structure for a new device.  If DEVFS is available, it is also notified of
47the presence of the new device.  The device will be owned by
48.Va uid ,
49with the group ownership as
50.Va gid ,
51and with the name as specified in
52.Va name .
53The permissions of the file specified in
54.Va perms
55are defined in
56.Aq Pa sys/stat.h :
57.Pp
58.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
59#define S_IRWXU 0000700    /* RWX mask for owner */
60#define S_IRUSR 0000400    /* R for owner */
61#define S_IWUSR 0000200    /* W for owner */
62#define S_IXUSR 0000100    /* X for owner */
63
64#define S_IRWXG 0000070    /* RWX mask for group */
65#define S_IRGRP 0000040    /* R for group */
66#define S_IWGRP 0000020    /* W for group */
67#define S_IXGRP 0000010    /* X for group */
68
69#define S_IRWXO 0000007    /* RWX mask for other */
70#define S_IROTH 0000004    /* R for other */
71#define S_IWOTH 0000002    /* W for other */
72#define S_IXOTH 0000001    /* X for other */
73
74#define S_ISUID 0004000    /* set user id on execution */
75#define S_ISGID 0002000    /* set group id on execution */
76#define S_ISVTX 0001000    /* sticky bit */
77#ifndef _POSIX_SOURCE
78#define S_ISTXT 0001000
79#endif
80.Ed
81.Pp
82The
83.Fn destroy_dev
84function takes the returned
85.Fa dev_t
86from
87.Fn make_dev
88and destroys the registration for that device.
89.Sh HISTORY
90The
91.Fn make_dev
92and
93.Fn destroy_dev
94functions first appeared in
95.Fx 4.0 .
96