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.\"      Date: January 2017
.\"    Manual: Parallel Port Devices
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "PARPORT_OPEN" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Parallel Port Devices"
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.SH "NAME"
parport_open \- find a device by canonical device number
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'struct\ pardevice\ *\ parport_open('u
.BI "struct pardevice * parport_open(int\ " "devnum" ", const\ char\ *\ " "name" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIdevnum\fR
.RS 4
canonical device number
.RE
.PP
\fIname\fR
.RS 4
name to associate with the device
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This function is similar to
\fBparport_register_device\fR, except that it locates a device by its number rather than by the port it is attached to\&.
.PP
All parameters except for
\fIdevnum\fR
are the same as for
\fBparport_register_device\fR\&. The return value is the same as for
\fBparport_register_device\fR\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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