DDI_GET_INSTANCE(9F) Kernel Functions for Drivers DDI_GET_INSTANCE(9F)
NAME
ddi_get_instance - get device instance number
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/ddi.h>
#include <sys/sunddi.h>
int ddi_get_instance(
dev_info_t *dip);
INTERFACE LEVEL
illumos DDI specific (illumos DDI).
PARAMETERS
dip Pointer to
dev_info structure.
DESCRIPTION
The
ddi_get_instance() function returns the instance number of the device
corresponding to
dip.
The system assigns an instance number to every device. Instance numbers
for devices attached to the same driver are unique. This provides a way
for the system and the driver to uniquely identify one or more devices of
the same type. The instance number is derived by the system from
different properties for different device types in an implementation
specific manner.
Once an instance number has been assigned to a device, it will remain the
same even across reconfigurations and reboots. Therefore, instance
numbers seen by a driver may not appear to be in consecutive order. For
example, if device
foo0 has been assigned an instance number of
0 and
device
foo1 has been assigned an instance number of
1, if
foo0 is
removed,
foo1 will continue to be associated with instance number
1 (even
though
foo1 is now the only device of its type on the system).
RETURN VALUES
The
ddi_get_instance() function returns the instance number of the device
corresponding to
dip.
CONTEXT
The
ddi_get_instance() function can be called from user, interrupt, or
kernel context.
SEE ALSO
path_to_inst(5) Writing Device Drivers January 16, 2006
DDI_GET_INSTANCE(9F)