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authorWilliam Cohen <wcohen@redhat.com>2008-06-20 14:42:25 -0400
committerWilliam Cohen <wcohen@redhat.com>2008-06-20 14:42:25 -0400
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Functions for kdev_t information: MAJOR, MINOR, MKDEV, and usrdev2kerndev.
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@@ -642,6 +642,20 @@ or SIG_ERR, it will return the address of the handler.
signal_str(num)
Returns the string representation of the given signal number.
+.SS DEVICE
+.TP
+MAJOR:long(dev:long)
+Extracts the major device number from a kernel device number (kdev_t).
+.TP
+MINOR:long(dev:long)
+Extracts the minor device number from a kernel device number (kdev_t).
+.TP
+MKDEV:long(major:long, minor:long)
+Creates a value that can be compared to a kernel device number (kdev_t).
+.TP
+usrdev2kerndev:long(dev:long)
+Converts a user-space device number into the format used in the kernel.
+
.SH FILES
.nh
.IR @prefix@/share/systemtap/tapset