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.TH "PARPORT_YIELD_BLOCKING" "9" "17 July 2003" "" ""

.SH NAME
parport_yield_blocking \- relinquish a parallel port temporarily
.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
\fB
.sp
int parport_yield_blocking  (struct pardevice * \fIdev\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIdev\fB\fR
a device on the parallel port
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This function relinquishes the port if it would be helpful to other
drivers to do so.  Afterwards it tries to reclaim the port using
\fBparport_claim_or_block\fR, and the return value is the same as for
\fBparport_claim_or_block\fR.
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This documentation was generated with kernel version 2.5.75.