where is device_get_parent function defined

[Barney Cordoba]

--- On Tue, 9/22/09, Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn at freenet.de> wrote:

> From: Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn at freenet.de>
> Subject: Re: where is device_get_parent function defined
> To: "pluknet" <pluknet at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Barney Cordoba" <barney_cordoba at yahoo.com>, current at freebsd..org
> Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 11:16 AM
> On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:37:00 +0400
> pluknet <pluknet at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > 2009/9/22 Barney Cordoba <barney_cordoba at yahoo.com>:
> > >
> > >
> > > --- On Tue, 9/22/09, Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn at freenet.de>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> From: Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn at freenet.de>
> > >> Subject: Re: where is device_get_parent
> function defined
> > >> To: "Barney Cordoba" <barney_cordoba at yahoo.com>
> > >> Cc: current at freebsd.org
> > >> Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 5:32 AM
> > >> On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:27:42 -0700
> > >> (PDT)
> > >> Barney Cordoba <barney_cordoba at yahoo.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > I can't seem to find where
> device_get_parent() is
> > >> defined.
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >> /sys/kern/subr_bus,c
> > >>
> > >> grep -r ^device_get_parent /sys/
> > >
> > > Thanks, I found it shortly after posting. The
> "problem" with grep is
> > > that you get about a billion lines, particularly
> on systems with 4 or
> > > 5 different kernel sources installed.
> > >
> > 
> > Following style(9):
> > ###
> >      The function type should be on a
> line by itself preceding the function.
> > 
> >      static char *
> >      function(int a1, int a2, float fl,
> int a4)
> > ###
> > 
> > So you can safely use the caret sign in regex: grep
> ^keyword path
> > 
> 
> Which, of course, is exactly why I used it.  This
> style(9) rule is one
> big advantage which FreeBSD has over Linux.  It's
> practically impossible to
> find a function in Linux because the type is always on the
> same line as the
> function declaration.  Drives my crazy.
> 
> ---
> Gary Jennejohn

So all they need now is an open to turn off the recursive directory
warnings....

Of course a section in the man page telling you the source module would
make way too much sense to be adopted by any of the free software groups...

BC