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MAKEDEV(3) Linux Programmer's Manual MAKEDEV(3)

NAME

     makedev, major, minor - manage a device number

SYNOPSIS

     #include <sys/sysmacros.h>
     dev_t makedev(unsigned int maj, unsigned int min);
     unsigned int major(dev_t dev);
     unsigned int minor(dev_t dev);

DESCRIPTION

     A device ID consists of two parts: a major ID, identifying the class of
     the device, and a minor ID, identifying a specific instance of a device
     in that class.  A device ID is represented using the type dev_t.
     Given major and minor device IDs, makedev() combines these to produce a
     device ID, returned as the function result.   This  device  ID  can  be
     given to mknod(2), for example.
     The  major()  and  minor() functions perform the converse task: given a
     device ID, they return, respectively, the major and  minor  components.
     These macros can be useful to, for example, decompose the device IDs in
     the structure returned by stat(2).

ATTRIBUTES

     For  an  explanation  of  the  terms  used   in   this   section,   see
     attributes(7).
     allbox;  lbw27  lb  lb  l l l.  Interface Attribute Value T{ makedev(),
     major(), minor() T}   Thread safety  MT-Safe

CONFORMING TO

     The makedev(), major(), and minor()  functions  are  not  specified  in
     POSIX.1, but are present on many other systems.

NOTES

     These  interfaces  are defined as macros.  Since glibc 2.3.3, they have
     been  aliases  for  three  GNU-specific  functions:  gnu_dev_makedev(),
     gnu_dev_major(),  and  gnu_dev_minor().  The latter names are exported,
     but the traditional names are more portable.
     The BSDs expose the definitions for  these  macros  via  <sys/types.h>.
     Depending  on  the  version,  glibc  also exposes definitions for these
     macros from that header  file  if  suitable  feature  test  macros  are
     defined.   However,  this  behavior  was  deprecated in glibc 2.25, and
     since glibc 2.28, <sys/types.h> no longer provides these definitions.

SEE ALSO

     mknod(2), stat(2)

COLOPHON

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Linux 2018-04-30 MAKEDEV(3)

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