Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI).

dip

A pointer to the device's dev_info structure.

name

The name of this particular minor device.

spec_type

S_IFCHR or S_IFBLK for character or block minor devices respectively.

minor_num

The minor number for this particular minor device.

node_type

Any string that uniquely identifies the type of node. The following predefined node types are provided with this release:

DDI_NT_SERIAL

For serial ports

DDI_NT_SERIAL_MB

For on board serial ports

DDI_NT_SERIAL_DO

For dial out ports

DDI_NT_SERIAL_MB_DO

For on board dial out ports

DDI_NT_BLOCK

For hard disks

DDI_NT_BLOCK_CHAN

For hard disks with channel or target numbers

DDI_NT_CD

For CDROM drives

DDI_NT_CD_CHAN

For CDROM drives with channel or target numbers

DDI_NT_FD

For floppy disks

DDI_NT_TAPE

For tape drives

DDI_NT_NET

For DLPI style 1 or style 2 network devices

DDI_NT_DISPLAY

For display devices

DDI_PSEUDO

For pseudo devices

flag

If the device is a clone device then this flag is set to CLONE_DEV else it is set to 0. The device node class can also be specified using this flag. The device classes do not have an effect in the creation of the device node in a non-clustered environment; but for device drivers intended for use in a clustered environment, one of the following needs to be specified. If the device class is not indicated the default class for pseudo devices will be NODESPECIFIC_DEV and for physical devices will be ENUMERATED_DEV.

GLOBAL_DEV

The device is a node invariant device and can be opened from any node in the cluster.

NODEBOUND_DEV

The device is node invariant but it has cluster wide state associated with it so that all subsequent opens must be directed there.

NODESPECIFIC_DEV

The device node provides node specific information and must be opened co-located with the process.

ENUMERATED_DEV

Unique cluster wide device nodes. The i/o must take place at the host where the device node was created.

ddi_create_minor_node() provides the necessary information to enable the system to create the /dev and /devices hierarchies. The name is used to create the minor name of the block or character special file under the /devices hierarchy. At-sign (@), slash (/), and space are not allowed. The spec_type specifies whether this is a block or character device. The minor_num is the minor number for the device. The node_type is used to create the names in the /dev hierarchy that refers to the names in the /devices hierarchy. See disks(1M), ports(1M), tapes(1M), devlinks(1M). Finally flag determines if this is a clone device or not, and what device class the node belongs to.

ddi_create_minor_node() returns:

DDI_SUCCESS

Was able to allocate memory, create the minor data structure, and place it into the linked list of minor devices for this driver.

DDI_FAILURE

Minor node creation failed.

add_drv(1M), devlinks(1M), disks(1M), drvconfig(1M), ports(1M), tapes(1M), attach(9E), ddi_remove_minor_node(9F)

Writing Device Drivers

If the driver is for a network device (node_type DDI_NT_NET), note that the driver name will undergo the driver name constraints identified in the NOTES section of dlpi(7P). Additionally, the minor name must match the driver name for a DLPI style 2 provider. If the driver is a DLPI style 1 provider, the minor name must also match the driver name with the exception that the ppa is appended to the minor name.