posix 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

       getminor() extracts the minor number from a device number.

RETURN VALUES

       The minor number.

CONTEXT

       getminor() can be called from user or interrupt 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 5.10							    11 Apr 1991 						      getminor(9F)