man pages section 9: DDI and DKI Kernel Functions

ddi_remove_minor_node(9F)

Name

ddi_remove_minor_node– remove a minor node for this dev_info

Synopsis

void ddi_remove_minor_node(dev_info_t *dip, char *name);

Interface Level

Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI).

Parameters

dip: A pointer to the device's dev_info structure.
name: The name of this minor device. If name is NULL, then remove all minor data structures from this dev_info.

Description

ddi_remove_minor_node() removes a data structure from the linked list of minor data structures that is pointed to by the dev_info structure for this driver.

Examples

Example 1 Removing a minor node

This will remove a data structure describing a minor device called dev1 which is linked into the dev_info structure pointed to by dip:

    ddi_remove_minor_node(dip, "dev1");