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WRITE 9E "Mar 28, 1997"
NAME
write - write data to a device
SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/errno.h>
#include <sys/open.h>
#include <sys/cred.h>
#include <sys/ddi.h>
#include <sys/sunddi.h>



int prefixwrite(dev_t dev, struct uio *uio_p, cred_t *cred_p);
INTERFACE LEVEL

Architecture independent level 1 (DDI/DKI). This entry point is optional.

PARAMETERS
dev

Device number.

uio_p

Pointer to the uio(9S) structure that describes where the data is to be stored in user space.

cred_p

Pointer to the user credential structure for the I/O transaction.

DESCRIPTION

Used for character or raw data I/O, the driver write() routine is called indirectly through cb_ops(9S) by the write(2) system call. The write() routine supervises the data transfer from user space to a device described by the uio(9S) structure.

The write() routine should check the validity of the minor number component of dev and the user credentials pointed to by cred_p, if pertinent.

RETURN VALUES

The write() routine should return 0 for success, or the appropriate error number.

EXAMPLES

The following is an example of a write() routine using physio(9F) to perform writes to a seekable device:

static int
xxwrite(dev_t dev, struct uio *uiop, cred_t *credp)
{
 int instance;
 xx_t xx;

 instance = getminor(dev);
 xx = ddi_get_soft_state(xxstate, instance);
 if (xx == NULL)
 return (ENXIO);
 return (physio(xxstrategy, NULL, dev, B_WRITE,
 xxmin, uiop));
}
SEE ALSO

read (2), write (2), read (9E), physio (9F), cb_ops (9S), uio (9S)

Writing Device Drivers