drv_getparm(9F)

 int drv_getparm(unsigned int parm, void *value_p);

In previous releases, value_p was defined to be type unsigned long *.

In the 64-bit kernel, drv_getparm(9F) can be used to fetch quantities that are both 32-bit and 64-bit, yet the interface does not define the data types of these quantities which encourages simple programming errors.

The following new routines offer a safer alternative:

clock_t  ddi_get_lbolt(void);
time_t   ddi_get_time(void);
cred_t   *ddi_get_cred(void);
pid_t    ddi_get_pid(void);

Driver writers are strongly urged to use these routines instead of drv_getparm(9F).