Name

parport_open — find a device by canonical device number

Synopsis

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

Arguments

devnum

canonical device number

name

name to associate with the device

Description

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.