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.TH "DEVICE_PM_SET_PARENT" "9" "09 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
device_pm_set_parent \- Specify power dependency.
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
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void device_pm_set_parent  (struct device * \fIdev\fB, struct device * \fIparent\fB);
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIdev\fB\fR
Device who needs power.
.TP
\fB\fIparent\fB\fR
Device that supplies power.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This function is used to manually describe a power-dependency
relationship. It may be used to specify a transversal relationship
(where the power supplier is not the physical (or electrical)
ancestor of a specific device.
The effect of this is that the supplier will not be powered down
before the power dependent.