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NAME

resource_int_value – get a value from the hints mechanism

CONTENTS

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/bus.h>

int
resource_int_value(const char *name, int unit, const char *resname, int *result);

int
resource_long_value(const char *name, int unit, const char *resname, long *result);

int
resource_string_value(const char *name, int unit, const char *resname, const char **result);

DESCRIPTION

These functions fetch a value from the "hints" mechanism.

The functions take the following arguments:
name
  The name of the device to get the resource value from.
unit
  The unit number of the device. -1 is special and is used for wildcard entries.
resname
  The resource name.
result
  A pointer to memory in which to store the resource value.

RETURN VALUES

If successful, the functions return 0. Otherwise, a non-zero error code is returned.

ERRORS

The functions will fail if:
[ENOENT]
  The resource could not be found.
[EFTYPE]
  Inappropriate resource type.

SEE ALSO

device(9), driver(9)

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Warner Losh <Mt imp@FreeBSD.org>.
RESOURCE_INT_VALUE (9) March 1, 2001
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