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GETINFO 9E "Jan 16, 2008"
NAME
getinfo - get device driver information
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/ddi.h>
#include <sys/sunddi.h>



int prefixgetinfo(dev_info_t *dip, ddi_info_cmd_t cmd,
 void *arg, void **resultp);
INTERFACE LEVEL
illumos DDI specific (illumos DDI). This entry point is required for drivers which export cb_ops(9S) entry points.
ARGUMENTS
dip

Do not use.

cmd

Command argument - valid command values are DDI_INFO_DEVT2DEVINFO and DDI_INFO_DEVT2INSTANCE.

arg

Command specific argument.

resultp

Pointer to where the requested information is stored.

DESCRIPTION
When cmd is set to DDI_INFO_DEVT2DEVINFO, getinfo() should return the dev_info_t pointer associated with the dev_t arg. The dev_info_t pointer should be returned in the field pointed to by resultp.

When cmd is set to DDI_INFO_DEVT2INSTANCE, getinfo() should return the instance number associated with the dev_t arg. The instance number should be returned in the field pointed to by resultp.

Drivers which do not export cb_ops(9S) entry points are not required to provide a getinfo() entry point, and may use nodev(9F) in the devo_getinfo field of the dev_ops(9S) structure. A SCSI HBA driver is an example of a driver which is not required to provide cb_ops(9S) entry points.

RETURN VALUES
getinfo() should return: DDI_SUCCESS

on success.

DDI_FAILURE

on failure.

EXAMPLES
Example 1 getinfo() implementation
/*ARGSUSED*/
static int
rd_getinfo(dev_info_t *dip, ddi_info_cmd_t infocmd, void *arg,
 void **resultp)
{
 /*
 * Note that in this simple example
 * the minor number is the instance
 * number.
 */

 devstate_t *sp;
 int error = DDI_FAILURE;
 switch (infocmd) {
 case DDI_INFO_DEVT2DEVINFO:
 if ((sp = ddi_get_soft_state(statep,
 getminor((dev_t) arg))) != NULL) {
 *resultp = sp->devi;
 error = DDI_SUCCESS;
 } else
 *result = NULL;
 break;

 case DDI_INFO_DEVT2INSTANCE:
 *resultp = (void *) (uintptr_t) getminor((dev_t) arg);
 error = DDI_SUCCESS;
 break;
 }

 return (error);
}
SEE ALSO
ddi_no_info (9F), nodev (9F), cb_ops (9S), dev_ops (9S)

Writing Device Drivers

NOTES
Non-gld(4D)-based DLPI network streams drivers are encouraged to switch to gld(4D). Failing this, a driver that creates DLPI style-2 minor nodes must specify CLONE_DEV for its style-2 ddi_create_minor_node(9F) nodes and use qassociate(9F). A driver that supports both style-1 and style-2 minor nodes should return DDI_FAILURE for DDI_INFO_DEVT2INSTANCE and DDI_INFO_DEVT2DEVINFO getinfo() calls to style-2 minor nodes. (The correct association is already established by qassociate(9F)). A driver that only supports style-2 minor nodes can use ddi_no_info(9F) for its getinfo() implementation. For drivers that do not follow these rules, the results of a modunload(8) of the driver or a cfgadm(8) remove of hardware controlled by the driver are undefined.