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.It Ar major |
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.It Ar major |
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The major device number is an integer number which tells the kernel |
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The major device number is an integer number which tells the kernel |
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which device driver entry point to use. |
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which device driver entry point to use. |
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To learn what |
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This is a compatibility shim and should be left zero. |
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major device number to use for a particular device, check |
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.Pa /usr/src/sys/conf/majors . |
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.It Ar minor |
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.It Ar minor |
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The minor device number tells the kernel which subunit |
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The minor device number tells the kernel which subunit |
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the node corresponds to on the device; for example, |
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the node corresponds to on the device; for example, |