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.\"     Title: WaitForDoorbellReply
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.\"      Date: May 2018
.\"    Manual: Message-based devices
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 3.16.56
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "WAITFORDOORBELLREPLY" "9" "May 2018" "Kernel Hackers Manual 3\&.16\&" "Message-based devices"
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.SH "NAME"
WaitForDoorbellReply \- Wait for and capture an IOC handshake reply\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'int\ WaitForDoorbellReply('u
.BI "int WaitForDoorbellReply(MPT_ADAPTER\ *\ " "ioc" ", int\ " "howlong" ", int\ " "sleepFlag" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIioc\fR
.RS 4
Pointer to MPT_ADAPTER structure
.RE
.PP
\fIhowlong\fR
.RS 4
How long to wait (in seconds)
.RE
.PP
\fIsleepFlag\fR
.RS 4
Specifies whether the process can sleep
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This routine polls the IOC for a handshake reply, 16 bits at a time\&. Reply is cached to IOC private area large enough to hold a maximum of 128 bytes of reply data\&.
.PP
Returns a negative value on failure, else size of reply in WORDS\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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