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+/* **********************************************************
+ * Copyright 2012 VMware, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * **********************************************************/
+
+/*
+ * @VMKAPIMOD_LICENSE@
+ */
+
+/*
+ ***********************************************************************
+ * Character Devices                                              */ /**
+ * \addtogroup CharDev 
+ *
+ * Interfaces that allow registration of generic vmkernel character
+ * device nodes.
+ *
+ * @{
+ ***********************************************************************
+ */
+
+#ifndef _VMKAPI_CHAR_LEGACY_H_
+#define _VMKAPI_CHAR_LEGACY_H_
+
+/** \cond never */
+#ifndef VMK_HEADER_INCLUDED_FROM_VMKAPI_H
+#error This vmkapi file should never be included directly but only via vmkapi.h
+#endif
+/** \endcond never */
+
+/**
+ * \brief Opaque handle to a character device.
+ */
+typedef struct vmkCharDevInt* vmk_CharDev;
+
+/**
+ * \brief A default initialization value for a vmk_CharDev.
+ */
+#define VMK_INVALID_CHARDEV (NULL)
+
+/**
+ ***********************************************************************
+ * vmk_CharDevCleanupFn --                                        */ /**
+ *
+ * \brief Prototype for a character device driver's cleanup callback.
+ *
+ * \param[in]  private  Optional private data to be used by the callback
+ *
+ * \retval VMK_OK The cleanup function executed correctly.
+ *                This is not an indicator of the success or failure of
+ *                the operations in the function, but merely that they
+ *                ran.  Any other return value is not allowed.
+ *
+ ***********************************************************************
+ */
+typedef VMK_ReturnStatus (*vmk_CharDevCleanupFn)(vmk_AddrCookie private);
+
+/*
+ ***********************************************************************
+ * vmk_CharDevRegister --                                         */ /**
+ *
+ * \brief Register the specified character device, to be invoked from
+ *        user-space.
+ *
+ * \nativedriversdisallowed
+ *
+ * \param[in]  module         Module that owns the character device.
+ * \param[in]  name           The name of the device - this must be unique.
+ * \param[in]  fileOps        Table of the driver file operations.
+ *                            Neither open nor close can be supplied 
+ *                            without the other.
+ *                            If read or write operations are supplied, 
+ *                            then open and close must also be supplied.
+ * \param[in]  cleanup        Function automatically invoked to clean up
+ *                            after all file ops have ceased and the 
+ *                            device has been unregistered.  May be NULL.
+ * \param[in]  devicePrivate  Data given to the driver for each file 
+ *                            op and cleaned up after unregistration.
+ * \param[out] assignedHandle Handle to the registered character device.
+ *
+ * \retval VMK_EXISTS         A device with that name is already registered
+ * \retval VMK_FAILURE        Unable to allocate internal slot for the device
+ * \retval VMK_NO_MEMORY      Unable to allocate memory for device metadata
+ * \retval VMK_BAD_PARAM      Module ID was invalid, name was invalid,
+ *                            or one or more specified driver ops are NULL
+ *
+ ***********************************************************************
+ */
+VMK_ReturnStatus vmk_CharDevRegister(
+   vmk_ModuleID module,
+   const char *name,
+   const vmk_CharDevOps *fileOps,
+   vmk_CharDevCleanupFn cleanup,
+   vmk_AddrCookie devicePrivate,
+   vmk_CharDev *assignedHandle);
+
+/*
+ ***********************************************************************
+ * vmk_CharDevUnregister --                                       */ /**
+ *
+ * \brief Unregister a character device.
+ *
+ * The character device will be unregistered automatically by
+ * the kernel only after all open files to the device have been
+ * closed.  If no files are open when vmk_CharDevUnregister is
+ * called, the device may be unregistered immediately and have the
+ * cleanup function registered with it invoked.  If the device has 
+ * files open, vmk_CharDevUnregister internally defers the device for 
+ * later automatic removal and returns to the caller immediately.  When 
+ * the last file is closed, the device will then be destroyed and the 
+ * cleanup function invoked.
+ * 
+ * \nativedriversdisallowed
+ * \note No new open files to the device can be created after calling
+ *       vmk_CharDevUnregister.
+ * \note The vmkernel will prevent a module from being unloaded while
+ *       it has open files associated with a character device, even
+ *       if that device has been requested to be unregistered.
+ *
+ * \param[in] deviceHandle Handle of device assigned during registration.
+ *
+ * \retval VMK_NOT_FOUND The device does not exist.
+ * \retval VMK_OK The device was either unregistered or internally
+ *                deferred for unregistration once all associated files
+ *                close.
+ *
+ ***********************************************************************
+ */
+VMK_ReturnStatus vmk_CharDevUnregister(vmk_CharDev deviceHandle);
+
+#endif /* _VMKAPI_CHAR_LEGACY_H_ */
+/** @} */