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.TH "PARPORT_CLAIM_OR_BLOCK" "9" "06 August 2003" "" ""

.SH NAME
parport_claim_or_block \- claim access to a parallel port device
.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
\fB
.sp
int parport_claim_or_block  (struct pardevice * \fIdev\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIdev\fB\fR
pointer to structure representing a device on the port
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This behaves like \fBparport_claim\fR, but will block if necessary
to wait for the port to be free.  A return value of 1
indicates that it slept; 0 means that it succeeded without
needing to sleep.  A negative error code indicates failure.
.SH "ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT"
.PP
This documentation was generated with kernel version 2.6.0.