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.TH "HPSB_SEND_PACKET" "" "06 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
hpsb_send_packet \- transmit a packet on the bus
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
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int hpsb_send_packet  (struct hpsb_packet * \fIpacket\fB);
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIpacket\fB\fR
packet to send
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
The packet is sent through the host specified in the packet->host field.
Before sending, the packet's transmit speed is automatically determined using
the local speed map when it is an async, non-broadcast packet.
.PP
Possibilities for failure are that host is either not initialized, in bus
reset, the packet's generation number doesn't match the current generation
number or the host reports a transmit error.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.PP
False (0) on failure, true (1) otherwise.