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.\" Copyright (c) 2006, Sun Microsystems, Inc. 
.TH ddi_dev_is_sid 9F "16 Jan 2006" "SunOS 5.11" "Kernel Functions for Drivers"
.SH NAME
ddi_dev_is_sid \- tell whether a device is self-identifying
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
#include <sys/conf.h>
#include <sys/ddi.h>
#include <sys/sunddi.h>

\fBint\fR \fBddi_dev_is_sid\fR(\fBdev_info_t *\fR\fIdip\fR);
.fi

.SH INTERFACE LEVEL
.sp
.LP
Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI).
.SH PARAMETERS
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIdip\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 7n
.rt  
A pointer to the device's \fBdev_info\fR structure.
.RE

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBddi_dev_is_sid()\fR function tells the caller whether the device described by \fIdip\fR is self-identifying, that is, a device that can unequivocally tell the system that it exists. This is useful for drivers that support both a self-identifying as well as a non-self-identifying variants of a device (and therefore must be probed).
.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBDDI_SUCCESS\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 15n
.rt  
Device is self-identifying.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBDDI_FAILURE\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 15n
.rt  
Device is not self-identifying.
.RE

.SH CONTEXT
.sp
.LP
The \fBddi_dev_is_sid()\fR function can be called from user, interrupt, or kernel context.
.SH EXAMPLES
.sp
.in +2
.nf
1   ...
2   int
3   bz_probe(dev_info_t *dip)
4   {
5   	...
6   	if (ddi_dev_is_sid(dip) == DDI_SUCCESS) {
7   		/*
8   		 * This is the self-identifying version (OpenBoot).
9   		 * No need to probe for it because we know it is there.
10  		 * The existence of dip && ddi_dev_is_sid() proves this.
11  		 */
12  			return (DDI_PROBE_DONTCARE);
13  	}
14  	/*
15  	 * Not a self-identifying variant of the device. Now we have to
16  	 * do some work to see whether it is really attached to the
17  	 * system.
18  	 */
19  ...
.fi
.in -2

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBprobe\fR(9E) \fIWriting Device Drivers for Oracle Solaris 11.2\fR