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+.\"     $OpenBSD: getdevvp.9,v 1.1 2002/02/28 19:22:05 csapuntz Exp $
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+.Dd February 18, 2002
+.Dt GETDEVVP 9
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm getdevvp ,
+.Nm bdevvp ,
+.Nm cdevvp ,
+.Nd "create a vnode for a device"
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <sys/param.h>
+.Fd #include <sys/vnode.h>
+.Ft int
+.Fn getdevvp "dev_t dev" "struct vnode **vpp" "enum vtype type"
+.Ft int
+.Fn bdevvp "dev_t dev" "struct vnode **vpp" 
+.Ft int
+.Fn cdevvp "dev_t dev" "struct vnode **vpp" 
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn getdevvp
+function creates a vnode for a device of type
+.Fa type
+with a device number of
+.Fa dev ,
+and returns a pointer to it in
+.Fa vpp .
+.Pp
+Its arguments are:
+.Bl -tag -width ".Fa rootrefs"
+.It Fa dev
+The device number of the desired device.
+.It Fa vpp
+Where the vnode will be returned on success.
+.It Fa type
+The type of device, either:
+.Bl -tag -width ".Dv VBLK"
+.It Dv VBLK
+For a block device, or
+.It Dv VCHR
+for a character device.
+.El
+.El
+.Pp
+.Fn bdevvp
+and
+.Fn cdevvp
+use getdevvp internally, specifying the third argument.
+.Fn bdevvp
+will create a vnode for a block device, and is used for the root filesystem
+and swap areas, among other things.
+.Fn cdevvp
+will create a vnode for a character device and is used in kernfs and in some
+console handling.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+All functions return 0 on success. If an error occurs, vpp will point to a
+NULLVP. See
+.Xr getnewvnode 9
+for further return values.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr vnode 9 ,
+.Xr getnewvnode 9