opensolaris man page for ddi_report_dev

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

NAME
       ddi_report_dev - announce a device

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/conf.h>
       #include <sys/ddi.h>
       #include <sys/sunddi.h>

       void ddi_report_dev(dev_info_t *dip);

INTERFACE LEVEL
       Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI).

PARAMETERS
       dip     a pointer the device's dev_info structure.

DESCRIPTION
       ddi_report_dev()  prints a banner at boot time,	announcing the device pointed to by dip. The banner is always placed in the system logfile
       (displayed by dmesg(1M)), but is only displayed on the console if the system was booted with the verbose (-v) argument.

CONTEXT
       ddi_report_dev() can be called from user context.

SEE ALSO
       dmesg(1M), kernel(1M)

       Writing Device Drivers

SunOS 5.11							    7 Jun 1993							ddi_report_dev(9F)