parport_open(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

parport_open — find a device by canonical device number. This is the parport_open(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 💖.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct pardevice * parport_open (int devnum , const char *name );

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• devnum — canonical device number. The main character number, fr fr.
• name — name to associate with the device. Give it a cute lil label 💖.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so this function is similar to parport_register_device, except that it locates a device by its number rather than by the port it is attached to. That's the whole vibe check.

All parameters except for devnum are the same as for parport_register_device. The return value is the same as for parport_register_device. No cap, same energy on the return side.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/parport/daisy.c
• parport_close(9)

mwah 💖 this page lives in ./drivers/parport, dated October 2026, and it's literally parport_open(9). slay.