resource_int_value, resource_long_value, resource_string_value — get a value from the hints mechanism

Authors

       This manual page was written by Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>.

Debian                                            March 1, 2001                            RESOURCE_INT_VALUE(9)

Description

       These functions fetch a value from the “hints” mechanism.

       The functions take the following arguments:

       name     The name of the device to get the resource value from.

       unit     The unit number of the device.  -1 is special and is used for wildcard entries.

       resname  The resource name.

       result   A pointer to memory in which to store the resource value.

Errors

       The functions will fail if:

       [ENOENT]           The resource could not be found.

       [EFTYPE]           Inappropriate resource type.

Name

       resource_int_value, resource_long_value, resource_string_value — get a value from the hints mechanism

Return Values

       If successful, the functions return 0.  Otherwise, a non-zero error code is returned.

Synopsis

#include<sys/param.h>#include<sys/bus.h>intresource_int_value(constchar*name, intunit, constchar*resname, int*result);

       intresource_long_value(constchar*name, intunit, constchar*resname, long*result);

       intresource_string_value(constchar*name, intunit, constchar*resname, constchar**result);