parport_open(9)

parport_open9

Find a device by canonical device number

Usage

struct pardevice * parport_open(int devnum, const char * name);

Arguments

devnum

canonical device number

name

name to associate with the device

Overview

This function is similar to parport_register_device, except that it locates a device by its number rather than by the port it is attached to.

All parameters except for devnum are the same as for parport_register_device. The return value is the same as for parport_register_device.

Releases

5 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8

From linux-manual-3.16 3.16.56-1+deb8u1 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.