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.TH "VIA_SYSCALL_DOWN" "" "06 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
via_syscall_down \- down the card-specific syscell semaphore
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
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int via_syscall_down  (struct via_info * \fIcard\fB, int \fInonblock\fB);
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIcard\fB\fR
Private info for specified board
.TP
\fB\fInonblock\fB\fR
boolean, non-zero if O_NONBLOCK is set
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Encapsulates standard method of acquiring the syscall sem.
.PP
Returns negative errno on error, or zero for success.