Module Name: src
Committed By: riastradh
Date: Thu Nov 16 18:40:28 UTC 2017
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man9: driver.9
Log Message:
Use device_private, not cast, to get at softc.
Someone^TM should turn this wall of prose into a nice itemized list
to make it clearer.
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Index: src/share/man/man9/driver.9
diff -u src/share/man/man9/driver.9:1.30 src/share/man/man9/driver.9:1.31
--- src/share/man/man9/driver.9:1.30 Mon Jul 3 21:28:48 2017
+++ src/share/man/man9/driver.9 Thu Nov 16 18:40:28 2017
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: driver.9,v 1.30 2017/07/03 21:28:48 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: driver.9,v 1.31 2017/11/16 18:40:28 riastradh Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -234,9 +234,11 @@ is a pointer to the driver's parent devi
The second argument
.Fa self
is a pointer to the driver's device structure.
-It is also a pointer to our
+The device's
.Em softc
-structure since the device structure is its first member.
+structure can be obtained from it using the
+.Xr device_private 9
+function.
The third argument
.Fa aux
is a pointer to the attachment structure.
