Declaring the Autoconfiguration Entry Points

The attach(9E), detach(9E), getinfo(9E), and prop_op(9E) entry point routines need to be uniquely named for this driver. Choose a prefix to use with each entry point routine.

By convention, the prefix used for function and data names that are unique to this driver is either the name of this driver or an abbreviation of the name of this driver. Use the same prefix throughout the driver. This practice makes debugging much easier.

In the example shown in this chapter, dummy_ is used for the prefix to each function and data name that is unique to this example.

The following declarations are the autoconfiguration entry point declarations you should have in your dummy.c file. Note that each of these functions is declared static.

static int dummy_attach(dev_info_t *dip, ddi_attach_cmd_t cmd);
static int dummy_detach(dev_info_t *dip, ddi_detach_cmd_t cmd);
static int dummy_getinfo(dev_info_t *dip, ddi_info_cmd_t cmd, void *arg,
    void **resultp);
static int dummy_prop_op(dev_t dev, dev_info_t *dip, ddi_prop_op_t prop_op,
    int flags, char *name, caddr_t valuep, int *lengthp);