opensolaris man page for getminor

getminor(9F)						   Kernel Functions for Drivers 					      getminor(9F)

NAME
       getminor - get minor device number

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <sys/mkdev.h>
       #include <sys/ddi.h>

       minor_t getminor(dev_t dev);

INTERFACE LEVEL
       Architecture independent level 1 (DDI/DKI).

PARAMETERS
       dev    Device number.

DESCRIPTION
       The getminor() function extracts the minor number from a device number.

RETURN VALUES
       The minor number.

CONTEXT
       The getminor() function can be called from user, interrupt, or kernel context.

EXAMPLES
       See the getmajor(9F) manual page for an example of how to use getminor().

SEE ALSO
       getmajor(9F), makedevice(9F)

       Writing Device Drivers

WARNINGS
       No validity checking is performed. If dev is invalid, an invalid number is returned.

SunOS 5.11							    16 Jan 2006 						      getminor(9F)