device_get_desc(9freebsd)

device_get_desc9freebsd

Access the description of a device

Usage

#include <sys/param.h>

#include <sys/bus.h>

void

device_set_desc(device_t dev, const char *desc);

void

device_set_desc_copy(device_t dev, const char *desc);

const char *

device_get_desc(device_t dev);

Overview

Manipulate the verbose description of a device. This description (if present) is printed as part of the message when it is attached during autoconfiguration. The variation device_set_desc_copy() is used to set the description if the string passed is a temporary buffer which will be overwritten. In this case, the system will copy the string, otherwise the pointer passed will be used directly.

Releases

9 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 6 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9
  6. 10
  7. 11–13

Authors

This manual page was written by Doug Rabson.

From freebsd-manpages 12.2-2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.