parport_find_base(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 NAME 💅

parport_find_base — bestie, this is literally how you find a parallel port by its base address 🎀

so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's giving "small function, big responsibility" energy ngl ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct parport * parport_find_base (unsigned long base );

like yes that's the whole thing, she's a one-liner, we stan a concise icon 👑

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • base — the base I/O address. that's the address, bestie. the base one. the starting point. that's your search key 🔑

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this function returns the parallel port that has the base address you specified. that's it, that's the whole vibe. if there isn't one though? you get NULL, no cap 😭 so always check, fr fr.

here's the part where you gotta pay attention, and i mean it 🙈 — there's already an implicit parport_get_port done for you. like, it's baked in. a little reference just appeared in your hands the second you called this. which is gorgeous and generous of her, but it means you can't just walk away — when you're done with the reference that parport_find_base gave you, you have to throw it away with parport_put_port. hold onto it forever and that reference is never coming back. that's a leak, and leaks are not the vibe 💀

so: find → use → parport_put_port. the holy trinity 🧚

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay so the whole parport friend group, gathered for you 💖 all of these live in the kernel file ./drivers/parport/share.c:

like, the entire roster. read them all, iykyk ⭐

and that's the page babes 🎀 this one comes from ./drivers/parport and it's dated October 2026 — mark your calendars bestie, parport_find_base(9) said see you then 💜🦋

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