identify(9E)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | INTERFACE LEVEL | ARGUMENTS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUES | SEE ALSO | WARNINGS | ATTRIBUTES

NAME

identify– determine if a driver is associated with a device

SYNOPSIS

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

int prefixidentify(dev_info_t *dip);

INTERFACE LEVEL

Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI). This entry point is obsolete and is no longer required. This entry point may not be supported in future releases. nulldev(9F) should be specified in the dev_ops(9S) structure.

ARGUMENTS

dip

A pointer to a dev_info structure.

DESCRIPTION

identify() was used to determine whether a driver drives the device pointed to by dip. identify() is currently supported to provide backward compatibility with older drivers and should not be implemented. See the INTERFACE LEVEL section.

RETURN VALUES

The return value from identify() is ignored.

SEE ALSO

nulldev(9F), dev_ops(9S)

WARNINGS

This routine may be called multiple times. It may also be called at any time. The driver should not infer anything from the the sequence or the number of times this entry point has been called.

This entry point may not be supported in future releases.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for a description of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Stability Level	Obsolete*

* Schedule for removal in a minor release after 8/98.

SunOS 5.9  Last Revised 12 Oct 1995

NAME | SYNOPSIS | INTERFACE LEVEL | ARGUMENTS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUES | SEE ALSO | WARNINGS | ATTRIBUTES