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.TH "I2O_BLOCK_DEVICE_ALLOC" "9" "09 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
i2o_block_device_alloc \- Allocate memory for a I2O Block device
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
.sp
\fB
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struct i2o_block_device * i2o_block_device_alloc  ( \fIvoid\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIvoid\fB\fR
no arguments
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
.PP
Allocate memory for the i2o_block_device struct, gendisk and request
queue and initialize them as far as no additional information is needed.
.PP
Returns a pointer to the allocated I2O Block device on succes or a
negative error code on failure.