PARPORT_SET_TIMEOUT

Section: (9)
Updated: 09 April 2004
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NAME

parport_set_timeout - set the inactivity timeout for a device  

SYNOPSIS

long parport_set_timeout (struct pardevice * dev, long inactivity);  

ARGUMENTS

dev
device on a port
inactivity
inactivity timeout (in jiffies)
 

DESCRIPTION

This sets the inactivity timeout for a particular device on a port. This affects functions like parport_wait_peripheral. The special value 0 means not to call schedule while dealing with this device.

The return value is the previous inactivity timeout.

Any callers of parport_wait_event for this device are woken up.  

ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT

This documentation was generated with kernel version 2.6.0.


 

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