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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man3/makedev.3 3.html b/static/freebsd/man3/makedev.3 3.html deleted file mode 100644 index ee9cb148..00000000 --- a/static/freebsd/man3/makedev.3 3.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,88 +0,0 @@ -<table class="head"> - <tr> - <td class="head-ltitle">MAKEDEV(3)</td> - <td class="head-vol">Library Functions Manual</td> - <td class="head-rtitle">MAKEDEV(3)</td> - </tr> -</table> -<div class="manual-text"> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">makedev</code>, <code class="Nm">major</code>, - <code class="Nm">minor</code> — <span class="Nd">device number - conversion</span></p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><code class="In">#include - <<a class="In">sys/types.h</a>></code></p> -<p class="Pp"><var class="Ft">dev_t</var> - <br/> - <code class="Fn">makedev</code>(<var class="Fa" style="white-space: nowrap;">int - major</var>, <var class="Fa" style="white-space: nowrap;">int - minor</var>);</p> -<p class="Pp"><var class="Ft">int</var> - <br/> - <code class="Fn">major</code>(<var class="Fa" style="white-space: nowrap;">dev_t - dev</var>);</p> -<p class="Pp"><var class="Ft">int</var> - <br/> - <code class="Fn">minor</code>(<var class="Fa" style="white-space: nowrap;">dev_t - dev</var>);</p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">The - <a class="permalink" href="#makedev"><code class="Fn" id="makedev">makedev</code></a>() - macro returns a device number created from the provided - <var class="Fa">major</var> and <var class="Fa">minor</var> number. The - <a class="permalink" href="#major"><code class="Fn" id="major">major</code></a>() - and - <a class="permalink" href="#minor"><code class="Fn" id="minor">minor</code></a>() - macros return the original numbers from the device number - <var class="Fa">dev</var>. In other words, for a value - <var class="Va">dev</var> of the type <var class="Vt">dev_t</var>, and - values <var class="Va">ma</var>, <var class="Va">mi</var> of the type - <var class="Vt">int</var>, the assertions</p> -<div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">dev == makedev(major(dev), - minor(dev))</code></div> -<div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">ma == major(makedev(ma, - mi))</code></div> -<div class="Bd Bd-indent"><code class="Li">mi == minor(makedev(ma, - mi))</code></div> -are valid. -<p class="Pp">In previous implementations of <span class="Ux">FreeBSD</span> all - block and character devices were uniquely identified by a pair of stable - major and minor numbers. The major number referred to a certain device class - (e.g. disks, TTYs) while the minor number identified an instance within the - device class. Later versions of <span class="Ux">FreeBSD</span> - automatically generate a unique device number for each character device - visible in <span class="Pa">/dev/</span>. These numbers are not divided in - device classes and are not guaranteed to be stable upon reboot or driver - reload.</p> -<p class="Pp">On <span class="Ux">FreeBSD</span> these macros are only used by - utilities that need to exchange numbers with other operating systems that - may use different encodings for <var class="Vt">dev_t</var>, but also - applications that present these numbers to the user in a more conventional - way.</p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="RETURN_VALUES"><a class="permalink" href="#RETURN_VALUES">RETURN - VALUES</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">The <code class="Fn">major</code>() and - <code class="Fn">minor</code>() macros return numbers whose value can span - the complete range of an <var class="Vt">int</var>.</p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE - ALSO</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><a class="Xr">mknod(2)</a>, <a class="Xr">devname(3)</a>, - <a class="Xr">devfs(4)</a></p> -</section> -</div> -<table class="foot"> - <tr> - <td class="foot-date">August 3, 2017</td> - <td class="foot-os">FreeBSD 15.0</td> - </tr> -</table> |