1.\" 2.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 9.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 10.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 12.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 13.\" 14.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 15.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 16.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 17.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 18.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 19.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 20.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 21.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 22.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 23.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 24.\" 25.\" $FreeBSD$ 26.\" 27.Dd January 16, 2004 28.Dt g_provider_by_name 9 29.Os 30.Sh NAME 31.Nm g_provider_by_name 32.Nd "find provider with given name" 33.Sh SYNOPSIS 34.In geom/geom.h 35.Ft "struct g_provider *" 36.Fn g_provider_by_name "const char *name" 37.Sh DESCRIPTION 38The 39.Fn g_provider_by_name 40searches for a provider called 41.Fa name 42and returns the structure 43.Fa g_provider 44bound to it. 45Argument 46.Fa name 47should be a name, not a full path (ie. 48.Dq Pa da0 , 49instead of 50.Dq Pa /dev/da0 ) . 51.Sh RESTRICTIONS/CONDITIONS 52The topology lock has to be held. 53.Sh RETURN VALUES 54.Fn g_provider_by_name 55returns a pointer to the provider called 56.Fa name 57or 58.Dv NULL 59if there is no such provider. 60.Sh SEE ALSO 61.Xr DECLARE_GEOM_CLASS 9 , 62.Xr geom 4 , 63.Xr g_access 9 , 64.Xr g_attach 9 , 65.Xr g_bio 9 , 66.Xr g_consumer 9 , 67.Xr g_data 9 , 68.Xr g_event 9 , 69.Xr g_geom 9 , 70.Xr g_provider 9 , 71.Xr g_wither_geom 9 72.Sh AUTHORS 73.An -nosplit 74This manual page was written by 75.An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq pjd@FreeBSD.org . 76