struct dev_t

device number(dev_t)

linux driver 2009-08-21 10:08:03 阅读26 评论0 字号：大中小

dev_t

description: 
    the dev_t type in is used to hold device numbers—both the major and minor

parts.

header: 
    #include

constructor: 
    MKDEV(int major, int minor);

method: 
    MAJOR(dev_t dev);    //obtain the major part of a dev_t 
    MINOR(dev_t dev);    //obtain the minor part of a dev_t 
    register_chrdev_region();    //manually obtain(register) device numbers

from the system 
    alloc_chrdev_region();        //allocate a major number  by kernel 
    unregister_chrdev_region();    //free the device number back to kernel

int print_dev_t(char *buffer, dev_t dev); //encode the device number into the given buffer; 
char *format_dev_t(char *buffer, dev_t dev); //encode the device number into the given buffer;

转载自：http://leewez.blog.163.com/blog/static/2958954620097211083517/

struct dev_t

原文：http://www.cnblogs.com/Ph-one/p/4411606.html