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.TH "GET_DEVICE" "9" "09 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
get_device \- increment reference count for device.
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
.sp
\fB
.sp
struct device * get_device  (struct device * \fIdev\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIdev\fB\fR
device.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This simply forwards the call to \fBkobject_get\fR, though
we do take care to provide for the case that we get a NULL
pointer passed in.