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.\"    Manual: SCSI mid layer
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.10.7
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.TH "SAS_EXPANDER_ALLOC" "9" "March 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.10\&" "SCSI mid layer"
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.SH "NAME"
sas_expander_alloc \- allocate an rphy for an end device
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'struct\ sas_rphy\ *\ sas_expander_alloc('u
.BI "struct sas_rphy * sas_expander_alloc(struct\ sas_port\ *\ " "parent" ", enum\ sas_device_type\ " "type" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIparent\fR
.RS 4
which port
.RE
.PP
\fItype\fR
.RS 4
SAS_EDGE_EXPANDER_DEVICE or SAS_FANOUT_EXPANDER_DEVICE
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Allocates an SAS remote PHY structure, connected to
\fIparent\fR\&.
.SH "RETURN"
.PP
SAS PHY allocated or
\fBNULL\fR
if the allocation failed\&.
.SH "AUTHORS"
.PP
\fBJames Bottomley\fR <\&James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com\&>
.RS 4
Author.
.RE
.PP
\fBRob Landley\fR <\&rob@landley.net\&>
.RS 4
Author.
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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